Overview

• Venustiano Carranza Mayor Evelyn Parra set a firm deadline to stop sales by December, with a full prohibition taking effect in January 2026.
• Roughly 80 stalls are affected, and about 10 vendors have already converted to other lines such as food, groceries, accessories or clothing this year.
• Parra warned that businesses that do not comply will be shut down and stallholders will lose their rights, with no extensions planned.
• The Fiscalía General de Justicia de la Ciudad de México and the city’s animal-care agency Agatan are coordinating with the borough and merchants on the transition.
• Some sellers say they will seek amparos to challenge the requirement, following years of pressure from animal-welfare groups and earlier court decisions dating to 2018.