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Other Current Assets and Other Current Financial Assets - Other Current Assets (Detail) - MXN ($) $ in Millions | Dec. 31, 2020 | Dec. 31, 2019
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Disclosure Of Other Current Assets [abstract] |  |
Prepaid expenses | $ 2,424 | $ 2,201
Recoverable taxes | 5 | 268
Agreements with customers | 115 | 294
Licenses | 261 | 575
Assets classified as held for sale | 30 | 197
Other | 84 | 553
Other current assets | $ 2,919 | $ 4,088

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