Mexican president says in talks with Boeing to rent aircraft for military-run carrier

FILE PHOTO: Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks during a news conference where he condemned an apparent assassination attempt on a prominent news anchor and critic of the president, at National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico, December 16, 2022. REUTERS/Mexico's Presidency/Handout via REUTERS

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico is in talks with U.S. planemaker Boeing Co to rent aircraft for a carrier run by the military, set to start operations next year, the country's president said Monday.

"It's being looked at with Boeing," President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said in a regular news conference. "Because planes are going to be rented. That's already being worked on."