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Cash and Cash Equivalents (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
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Summary of Cash and Cash Equivalents | As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, consolidated cash and cash equivalents consisted of:
|  |  |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
Cash and bank accounts |  |  | Ps |  |  |  | 9,292 |  |  |  | 9,104 |
Fixed-income securities and other cash equivalents |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4,449 |  |  |  | 2,512 |
|  |  | Ps |  |  |  | 13,741 |  |  |  | 11,616 |

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