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Activists Say Mexico’s 2026 Budget Masks Pemex Fracking Programs

The claim cites eight initiatives under a 245.3 billion-peso hydrocarbon infrastructure line with no public breakdown.

Overview

  • AMCF, joined by Fundar, says the PPEF 2026 contains at least eight Pemex programs tied to unconventional gas extraction that relies on hydraulic fracturing.
  • They report 245,269 million pesos are bundled under the K025 Hydrocarbon Economic Infrastructure classification without project-level figures.
  • Of the 517,362.1 million pesos in Pemex’s proposed programmable spending for 2026, no program-by-program allocation has been published.
  • Pemex’s 2025–2035 plan labels unconventional reservoirs as “yacimientos de geología compleja,” a rebranding critics argue obscures fracking.
  • The coalition cites health and water risks to urge dropping gas as a “transition fuel,” banning fracking, and shifting policy toward energy efficiency.