From Baja California Sur
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador insisted that there is nothing personal in collecting back taxes from large companies. What is involved is complying with the task of defending the interests of the majority of the people. «We are not persecuting anyone, but we do seek to ensure that there are no fiscal privileges. There must be justice,» he explained.
The head of Tax Administration Service (SAT), Antonio Martínez, reported that from 2019 to 2023 collection levels reached a record high, increasing from 3 trillion to 4.5 trillion pesos (US$170 billion to US$260 billion).
The Mexican Government decreed that the area occupied by the Tangolunda golf course in Huatulco, Oaxaca is a Protected Natural Area, which was under concession to businessman Ricardo Salinas Pliego. It explained that at the end of the concession, a proposal was made to the magnate to purchase the land for 420 million pesos (US$26.95 million) with the resources to be invested in assistance for students in Oaxaca; however, Salinas Pliego rejected the offer. To avoid future appropriations of the land, which is property of the Nation, the zone was declared a Protected Natural Area.
Baja California Sur Governor Víctor Castro reported that the Navy, the Ministry of National Defense (Sedena), the National Guard, the Federal Attorney General’s Office (FGR), and the National Intelligence Center have coordinated efforts with the municipal and state police to achieve a decrease in the public’s perception of insecurity. «This allows us to affirm that BCS is one of the safest states in our country,» he said.
Baja California Sur «achieved becoming the state with the lowest poverty levels, least extreme poverty and with the best real labor income per capita,» Governor Víctor Castro reported. He also announced that authorities are discussing the state’s entry into the electric energy subsidy payment program, starting this summer.
President López Obrador indicated his support for Guerrero Governor Evelyn Salgado’s dismissal of the state ministers of the Interior and Security, following the killing of a young teacher training college student. In the same vein, he reiterated his support for the governor’s request that the state congress dismiss the prosecutor. «In this government there is no complicity with anyone,» he said.
