Salinas Group Owes $3.8 Billion, Mexico Official Says (Correct)

Four companies controlled by Ricardo Salinas Pliego owe the government 63 billion pesos ($3.8 billion), the head of the country’s tax authority said on Wednesday, amid a deepening dispute between President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and the billionaire.

The tax claims stem from 17 different court cases covering audits from 2008 to 2018, Antonio Martinez, the head of the tax service SAT, said during President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s morning press conference. Lopez Obrador, whose term ends in September, said he hoped that Salinas “will not keep using delay tactics so that my administration ends and the matter remains there, ...