Overview

• The Senate’s Hacienda and First Legislative Studies committees opened formal review of the deputies’ bill and circulated a report endorsing it, positioning the measure for a vote in the full chamber.
• Officials framed the package as a modernization push to boost revenue and curb contraband, proposing a new Customs Council, periodic license renewals for agents, tougher penalties, electronic case files, and real-time data sharing.
• ANAM reported 7,707 investigation files, 818 with detainees, over 310 cases judicialized, more than 326 people linked to proceedings, 78 convictions, and roughly 45 agent patents canceled.
• Investigators said fewer than 30 agents dominated hydrocarbon contraband and that over 90% of operations concentrate in under 100 agents, citing irregularities detected in Pantaco, Manzanillo, and Lázaro Cárdenas.
• Authorities highlighted a roughly 200 billion–peso year‑to‑date increase in customs revenue and unveiled a fuel‑traceability app in development to follow imports from entry points to gas stations with interagency integration.