Carlos Slim flies to Mexico City after confirming Pemex pullout

Carlos Slim flew from his weekend retreat at Valle de Bravo to Toluca International Airport early on June 19, a short 11-minute hop aboard his Gulfstream G550 (XA-ATL). The flight arrived at 05:14 UTC, just after sunrise.

The same week, Slim confirmed at his foundation's annual press conference that Grupo Carso has withdrawn from the Lakach deepwater gas project with state oil company Pemex, as reported by Discovery Alert on May 27. Slim described the offshore development as "irrational" and stated that no capital was deployed under the $1.88 billion service contract signed in July 2024. The move signals a broader reorientation of his investment strategy: per Bloomberg and a transcript on carlosslim.com, he plans to invest roughly $5 billion this year but will avoid new upstream ventures with Pemex, focusing instead on pipelines and existing infrastructure.

The departure from Valle de Bravo — Slim's known weekend residence in the Estado de México — to Toluca is routine for returning to business commitments. Recent flight tracks show a pattern of movement between his home base, leisure properties, and the capital, where Grupo Carso and América Móvil are headquartered. The June 18 leg from Uruapan to Guadalajara precedes this return, a circuit consistent with a man who, at 86, still conducts Mexico's most consequential corporate negotiations from the air.