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The lower house,
also known as the Chamber of Deputies, became the "Chamber of
Rats", using the Spanish word "rata," which is also slang for
thief in Mexico.
"Our teams are working fast to resolve this incident," Google
Mexico said in a statement, explaining that place names on the
online mapping service came from third parties, public sources
and contributions from users.
It was the second such attack in the space of a few days.
Mexican media reported at the weekend that the presidential
residence appeared as the "Official Residence of Corruption" on
Google Maps before Google Mexico removed it from the map and
apologized for "inappropriate content" created by a user.
Mexico's government has faced protests, road blocks and looting
of shops since the start of 2017, when the cost of fuel jumped
sharply on the back of a finance ministry decision to liberalize
the market and end state-set gasoline prices.
Allegations of corruption swirl constantly around the political
class in Mexico.
A 2013 Transparency International study showed that 91 percent
of respondents felt political parties were corrupt or extremely
corrupt. Some 83 percent took the same view of the legislature,
the study showed.
The credibility of President Enrique Pena Nieto was damaged by a
conflict-of-interest row earlier in his six-year term when it
emerged that he, his wife, and his then-finance minister had all
acquired homes from government contractors.
A government-ordered probe cleared all of any wrongdoing.
(Reporting by Dave Graham; Editing by Bill Rigby)
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