Max de Haldevang, Bloomberg News
MEXICO CITY
EnergiesNet.com 05 22 2023
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s move to seize part of a rail line could damage investor confidence in the country, a major business lobby said Saturday.
Businesspeople are “deeply concerned about the negative effects that this type of decision generates,” the Consejo Coordinador Empresarial said in a statement.
Lopez Obrador’s government on Friday declared a section of track in the state of Veracruz to be “of public utility” and transferred it to a state entity that’s building a line across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, a relatively narrow strip of land that separates the Pacific Ocean and Gulf of Mexico.
Tehuantepec Railway Line
Mexico is building a railway from Coatzacoalcos to Salina Cruz
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The rail line will eventually be operated by the Navy, according to a notice posted in the daily gazette on Friday.
The rail line was owned by billionaire German Larrea’s Grupo Mexico SAB, raising questions about how the move might impact a bid by the mining magnate to buy Citigroup Inc.’s retail bank in the country. The notice on Friday said the rail line’s owners would be compensated, without giving details.
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