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Cash and Cash Equivalents (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
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Schedule of Cash and Cash Equivalents | Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the reporting period as shown in the consolidated statements of financial position and cash flows is comprised of the following:
|  | December 31, 2018 |  |  | December 31, 2017 |
Cash and bank balances |  | Ps. | 31,768 |  |  | Ps. | 73,774 |
Cash equivalents (see Note 3.5) |  |  | 30,279 |  |  |  | 23,170 |
|  | Ps. | 62,047 |  |  | Ps. | 96,944 |

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