Information on the Association of Merchants and Residents of the Historic Centre of Mexico City, on any support offered by the authorities to this organization or to street vendors, and on any record of political corruption connected to either group could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB. However, please find attached one news article that covers the 1993 dispute between street vendors and merchants in the centre of Mexico City.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

San Diego Union-Tribune. 2 April 1993. S. Lynne Walker. "Slump Squeezes Street Vendors, Shopkeepers." (NEXIS)

Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Reports. Daily.

On Line search of news articles (NEXIS).

Mexico Newspack [Austin, Texas]. Bi-weekly.