MEXICO CITY, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Mexico s Federal Audit Office (ASF) retracted a report that found President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador s decision to cancel a partly built airport in Mexico City had cost 332 billion pesos ($16 billion), hours after the president denounced its findings.
In a statement published late on Monday the ASF said it had ordered a review into its report after finding inconsistencies . Its figure for the cost of cancelling the airport had been too high, due to a flaw in methodology, it said.
Lopez Obrador has defended his 2018 decision to cancel the airport, his predecessor s flagship project. In 2019, the transport ministry estimated the cost of the cancellation at 100 million pesos.
Criticized by President, Mexico auditor backtracks on airport cancellation cost
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Criticized by President, Mexico auditor backtracks on airport cancellation cost
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