7 More Officials Punished as Mexico Cracks Down on Power Abuse Practices Latin Times
go to original July 28, 2013

The Lady Profeco case saw the daughter of now-ex-attorney general Humberto Benítez Treviño raising a fuss after she didn't get the table she wanted at a chic bistro in the Mexico City neighborhood of La Roma. (Twitter/Andrea Benitez)

Mexico's Ministry of Public Administration (SFP) has punished seven more officials from the Federal Consumer Protection Office (Profeco) who were involved in the case of Andrea Benítez González, or "Lady Profeco," who after a dispute over seating at a Mexico City restaurant used her father's influence in the federal office to get the restaurant closed. Of the seven, four have been relieved of their duties and three suspended for six months, the agency said in a statement.

In a flood of action following the case, the office has fined airlines, shampoo lines, luxury car manufacturers, fast food chains and, most recently, 15 hotels in Mexico City, according to Animal Politico.

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