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Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: AMLO charged that the opposition, using lies, has tried to sow fear with arguments of a peso devaluation and capital flight if the Judicial Reform was approved; President López Obrador said that the violence in Sinaloa is being responded to with the mobilization of the Armed Forces to protect the population and avoid confrontations. He clarified that there is no escalation of a cartel war in Culiacán, so he called on people to not be alarmed; the President indicated that the Ministry of National Defense is building five hospitals in Puebla, Guerrero, Oaxaca, and Yucatán, which will be inaugurated in December by Claudia Sheinbaum. Six hospitals built by the Institute for Social Security and Services for State Workers (ISSSTE) will also remain to be inaugurated; the Ministry of Well-Being will propose to President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum that the pension/stipend for senior citizens living abroad be provided outside of Mexico, given that currently, due to operating rules, it can only be paid within the country.

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Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: AMLO hailed the approval of the Judicial Reform by the full session of the Senate; the President made it clear that there were no negotiations for PAN senator Miguel Ángel Yunes Márquez to vote in favor of the reform; following the debate between the US presidential candidates, AMLO acknowledged that both treated Mexico with respect in their interventions; it is not true that Mexico charges taxes to tourists to enter the country with personal computers or electronic devices; it is false that there was a gasolinazo, a hike in gasoline prices, from September 9 to 13.