Overview

• Alex Tonatiuh Márquez Hernández leads ANAM’s anti-smuggling investigations and is nicknamed “LordRelojes” for his multimillion-peso luxury watch collection.
• Reports by Reforma and El Imparcial describe a network of customs officers and intermediaries using falsified invoices and judicial amparos to import U.S. luxury vehicles at heavily understated values.
• In one case a Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Moab valued at up to 900,000 pesos was declared at 207,000 pesos in Tijuana, resulting in just 2,500 pesos of import tax.
• Sources say the scheme deprives the federal government of revenue and creates unfair competition for legitimate used-car dealers along the northern border.
• Neither the Agencia Nacional de Aduanas de México nor Márquez has issued public statements or launched any disciplinary or legal actions.