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Technocrat with a Mission BORN December, 1949, Mexico City EDUCATION BA, Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico; PhD, Economics, University of Chicago JOBS Tax expert, IMF, 1983-86; director general for tax policy, Finance Ministry, 1986-88; Under Secretary, Trade Ministry, 1988-94 CURRENT POST President, Federal Competition Commission GOALS To uproot a monopoly tradition that reaches back to Mexico's colonial era and encourage a new competitive spirit in the economy MAJOR TARGETS Telmex, the telecom giant, for allegedly subsidizing rates; Cintra, the airline company, for hiking tariffs on noncompetitive routes DATA: BUSINESS WEEK _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
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