By MARK LORENZANA The value of oil imports and the trade deficit in hydrocarbons reached an all-time high in the first five months of the year due to the global rise in crude oil prices, a situation that could complicate Mexico’s public finances, experts said on Tuesday, June 28. From January to May of this year, the prices of light
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By MARK LORENZANA Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) said on Monday, June 27, that he will request Raquel Buenrostro, head of Mexico’s Tax Administration Service (SAT), to review the requirements on the submission of proof of tax status for taxpayers, in a bid to simplify procedures. López Obrador proposed that the SAT eliminate this requirement altogether, given the
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By MARK LORENZANA The number of missing women in Mexico City has increased 900 percent so far under the administration of Mexico City Governor Claudia Sheinbaum, compared to the previous administration headed by Miguel Ángel Mancera. According to Mexico’s National Data Registry of Missing or Disappeared Persons, the number of missing women in the capital increased from 93 cases (registered
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By MARK LORENZANA A group of hooded and masked men in bulletproof vests and armed with high-caliber firearms were caught on camera by terrified residents on the afternoon of Tuesday, June 14, in San Cristóbal de las Casas, a town located in the central highlands region of the southern Mexican state of Chiapas. The group, whose members call themselves “Los
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