mexico’s bill to increase government controls over the fuel market won final congressional approval in the latest blow to the country’s historic opening up of the energy industry with 65 lawmakers in favor 47 opposed and 6 abstaining the senate on thursday passed the proposal from president andres manuel lopez obrador to expand control over gasoline and diesel distribution imports and marketing it also allows the government to suspend permits from fuelmarket operators based on national or energy security reasons and it lets stateowned oil company petroleos mexicanos take over their facilities