Mexican bank builds a branch in a depopulated area

The isolated branch was built to provide services to the residents of the area.

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Photos and videos of the "Bank del Benestar" branch, which was built in an uninhabited area, received a lot of attention on Mexican social media this week.

The Mexican president was one of the first people to be blamed for wasting government money on useless buildings, after photos and videos circulated of the bank branch, which is located far from any human settlement, somewhere in the Mexican state of Chihuahua.

The building became the subject of irony, until the bank’s representative, Mario Saldana, rushed to explain that despite the strange location of the branch, the location did make sense.

Saldana said that initially the new branch was supposed to be built in Nuevo Casas Grande, a small municipality in Chihuahua, but Mayor Hector Mario Gallas refused to offer a plot of land for construction, so the bank had no choice but to accept a plot of land donated by the Mexican army. .

The representative of the bank added that if the officials did not act quickly, people would have to wait for the third or fourth phase of the urban expansion project, which means that the people in the Nuevo Casas Grande area, will not be able to reach a bank, to meet the daily needs until next year at the earliest. .

It seems that most of the beneficiaries of the social programs implemented through the Bank of Del Benistar need some time to reach the controversial branch, despite its being far from town.

The Mexican president was one of the first to be blamed for wasting government money on useless buildings, after sharing photos and videos of the bank branch.

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