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CDMX Prosecutor’s Office Seeks 7% Budget Increase for 2026 as Congress Opens Review

The proposal arrives alongside an internal requirement near 10.8 billion pesos tied to a national staffing plan.

Overview

  • FGJCDMX chief Bertha Alcalde requested a 7% increase to 9,150 million pesos for 2026, detailing 604.9 million for strategic policy orientation, 243 million for infrastructure, 141.4 million for technology, and 220.5 million for work tools.
  • The agency reported executing 8,685.5 million pesos in 2025, with 82% spent on payroll, 14% on ordinary expenses, and 4% on strategic actions, underscoring limited room for investment.
  • Parallel reporting cites an internal requirement of 10,752.9 million pesos for 2026 tied to a national plan targeting 7% annual growth in investigators and prosecutors from 2026 to 2029, including hiring 150 additional PDI agents after 300 added in 2025.
  • Opposition legislators questioned the request, pointing to an estimated 93% rate of unreported crime and warning that newly created offenses and preventive detention raise caseloads and costs, with one lawmaker estimating 800 pesos per person per day in custody.
  • Alcalde highlighted institutional results, asserting sharp declines in high‑impact crime, a 15% rise in detentions, fulfillment of 6,218 arrest warrants, and about 70% of missing persons located within 72 hours, while another report detailed category‑specific drops.