'Nothing to hide, nothing to fear,' Mexican president says of tax evasion crackdown


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  • Friday, 18 Oct 2019

FILE PHOTO: Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks during an official event to mark the beginning of the construction of a new international airport, at the Santa Lucia military airbase in Zumpango, on the outskirts of Mexico City, Mexico October 17, 2019. REUTERS/Gustavo Graf

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's president said on Thursday that spy tactics could be used to fight tax evasion, after such violations were classified as serious crimes on the order of corruption and homicide, and he brushed off critiques of overreach.

"Nothing to hide, nothing to fear," Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador told his regular news conference.

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