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2mo ago

Customs Agency Reports Record Collections as Director Faces Federal Probe

President Claudia Sheinbaum has defended Alex Tonatiuh Márquez Hernández as SAT and anticorruption authorities pursue allegations of money laundering, unreported cash deposits, luxury watch acquisitions, purchase of a Polanco penthouse.

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SAT investiga al director de Investigación Aduanera por empresa vinculada al huachicol fiscal e importación ilegal de autos de lujo desde EEUU, y su estilo de vida de lujos. Foto: Especial (Presidencia/ANAM/Google Maps)
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Overview

  • ANAM recorded a 25% increase in customs revenue through May 2025, boosting collections by more than 100 billion pesos to 593.6 billion pesos.
  • Agency officials credit the surge to a strategy led by Rafael Marín Mollinedo that modernized systems, digitalized clearance and tightened fiscal controls at 50 customs points.
  • On August 3, the SAT opened a federal investigation into Márquez Hernández over alleged ties to simulated export schemes with the firm Aledo S.A. de C.V.
  • Investigators have flagged 2.6 million pesos in undocumented cash deposits and luxury acquisitions including a watch collection valued at 7.7 million pesos and a three-level Polanco penthouse.
  • No formal disciplinary or criminal actions have been taken despite active SAT and Secretaría Anticorrupción y Buen Gobierno probes, and the director remains in post with presidential backing.