LatinNews Daily - 12 June 2018

* Mexico’s Grupo GEPP, the distributor of the beverage Pepsi, has announced the temporary closure of its distribution centre in Ciudad Altamirano, Guerrero state, for security reasons. Pepsi has been present in Tierra Caliente region for more than 30 years. This follows the March 2018 decision by multinational beverage company Coca-Cola Femsa to close its operations “indefinitely” at its distribution centre, also in Ciudad Altamirano, citing the fact that its employees have been receiving “constant threats and acts of aggression from organised crime”. Last month Mexican dairy company Grupo Lala announced the temporary closure of its distribution centre in Ciudad Mante, a city in Tamaulipas state, citing the “lack of security conditions to maintain its operation”.

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