Burned-out autos littered empty streets this week in the town where Mexican Pres...
SANTA ROSA DE LIMA, Mexico - Burned-out autos littered empty streets this week in the town where Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador unleashed a first major push to take control of territory absorbed by organized crime during years of mounting violence.
“If you need work because of a lack of job opportunities, if you need welfare support, you can depend on us,” he said. “We’re the ones who offer you this,” he told reporters earlier in the week. Guanajuato’s governor, Diego Sinhue, estimated that around 300 people helped set fire to vehicles, although he defended the town against its infamy as a crime hotbed.
Fuel theft costing billions of dollars a year, along with dwindling output, has weighed heavily on state oil firm Pemex, threatening to damage the government’s creditworthiness.
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