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Other Current Assets and Other Financial Assets - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Millions, $ in Millions | Jun. 30, 2019 MXN ($) | Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($) | [1],[2] | Dec. 31, 2018 MXN ($)
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Disclosure of carrying amount and value in use of investments in associates and joint ventures [abstract] |  |  |  |
Other current assets | $ 4,847 |  |  | $ 4,298
Other current financial assets | $ 972 | [1] | $ 51 | $ 878
[1] | The Company initially adopted IFRS 16 at January 1st, 2019 using the modified retrospective method under which the comparative information is not restated. - See Note 2.4.1
[2] | Convenience translation to U.S. dollars ($) - See Note 2.2.3

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