Customs Corruption Crackdown Successes Touted by AMLO
AMLO's morning conference covered: customs corruption, the fight against the conservative “mafia state,” energy sovereignty, a controversial judge's decision, limits on free speech, and a sudden pivot to historical figures to avoid electoral issues.
President Andres Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), always a man of the people, kicked off today's morning conference with a plea straight from the heart: please, dear media, chill out with the electoral digging. It's awkward for everyone involved.
With the awkward part out of the way, AMLO got down to the good stuff: corruption. He compared current efforts to eradicate customs corruption to the struggle against “huachicol” (fuel theft). Back in the day, AMLO lamented, corrupt officials lowered the pipeline pressure for convenient, clandestine tapping. Think of it as a taxpayer-funded happy hour no one really wanted. Of course, alarms went off, but… crickets.
