Beef Shortage Hits Mexico City Butchers and Markets
Mexico City and nearby areas face a beef shortage as about 13,500 butcher shops, roughly 90 percent, join an eight day strike over official prices. Some shops are closed or selling only at controlled rates. others stockpile chicken and pork while beef fetches up to 4.27 per pound. Government officials cite speculation and intermediaries as causes, with cattle imports and export halts stirring the market.
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Mexico City
Nacional
Commerce Department
Ernesto Rodriguez Cabrera
Excelsior
Cattle and Meat Prices Hit Mexican Consumers
Rodolfo Villasenor Vazquez, head of the Regional Cattlemen's Union in Guadalajara, reports over 1,000 head of cattle reach local slaughterhouses daily but intermediaries cap kills at 300 and keep meat from butchers. Even at official retail prices, many struggle to afford meat as Financiero notes half of Mexico City’s economically active populace earns no more than the $4.98 daily minimum wage, limiting meat purchases to rare occasions.
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U.S
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Livestock Union of Cooperative Farms
Saltillo
Rodolfo Villasenor Vazagez
Regional Cattlemen's Union
Guadalajara
Financial Newspaper
Financiero
Mexico City
Official Denies Image of Dishonesty in Mexico
In Mexico City AP reports Comptroller-General Francisco Rojas defends the administration's moral renewal push against corruption. He says corruption is global and vows gifts over 50 dollars are banned, with excess gifts returned or auctioned for charity. Interior Secretary Bartlett promises clean elections this year as gubernatorial races loom amid regional electoral tensions.
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Mexico
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Jose Lopez Portillo
Comptroller’s Office
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el Nacional
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Sonora
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National Action Party
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Eagle Pass
Monclova
Coahuila
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