Sentences with phrase «coffers of foreign governments»

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Fuel theft is fast becoming one of Mexico's most pressing economic and security dilemmas, sapping more than $ 1 billion in annual revenue from state coffers, terrorizing workers and deterring private investment in aging refineries that the government, following a 2014 energy reform, hoped instead would be thriving with foreign capital.

How can we expect a president who admits to accepting a $ 100,000 gift from a foreign contractor who was awarded a government contract through the efforts of the President, to have the courage and desire to stop his Ministers and other officials from dipping their hands into the state coffers?»