On April 13, 2023, in his usual morning press conference, the then president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), promised what would be one of the “jewels of his administration”: the inauguration and delivery, by September 2024, of the headquarters of the National Customs Agency of Mexico (ANAM) in Nuevo Laredo.
“There has already been work started to build the customs office, the national customs office, in Nuevo Laredo,” AMLO said confidently, while the press present asked him when the inauguration would be and he responded: “Before my government ends. I finish in September of next year, before.”
However, that statement remained a promise, as the work continues to be delayed.
With the calendar marking October 2024 , the new president, Claudia Sheinbaum, said that the long-awaited inauguration of the customs headquarters will not be this year, but will take place on March 31, 2025 .
During her morning press conference, Sheinbaum hesitated to give an answer about the inauguration time and later confirmed it.
“The headquarters of the National Customs Agency of Mexico will be completed on March 31, 2025,” said Sheinbaum.
The president also mentioned that the Secretary of National Defense, General Ricardo Trevilla, recently visited the facilities to supervise the progress.
Given this scenario, Claudia Sheinbaum made it clear that there is still a long road of inaugurations to be covered.
“There are also inaugurations of highways, of the Tepic airport, we are going to Tijuana, we are going to see how a very important water treatment plant is going, the viaduct,” said the president.
As for the Nuevo Laredo customs office, its inauguration will have to wait, leaving the ribbon cutting for next March.
Ninfa Cantú, head of the Ministry of Economy of the Government of Tamaulipas, stated in the framework of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Central Cargo Services of Nuevo Laredo (CenSeCar) , that the ANAM project in Nuevo Laredo presupposes an investment of four thousand 500 million pesos, and that from her point of view it is part of the strategic projects for foreign trade.
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With information from Didier Ramírez and images from Rafael Fernández.
