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Mexico's Anticorruption Secretariat Bars Three Contractors Over False Surety Bonds

Publication in the federal gazette formalizes 18‑month bans with fines tied to CAEM water contracts.

Overview

  • Once Cero Nueve 92 and Quality Roads de México each received a 977,130‑peso fine and an 18‑month disqualification from federal contracting.
  • Sofman was hit with two independent penalties, totaling two fines of 977,130 pesos and two 18‑month bans for falsified information across four surety bonds.
  • The resolutions were notified to the companies on January 12 and took effect with their January 20 publication in the Diario Oficial de la Federación.
  • The firms were added to the federal sanctions directory, which blocks them from entering new procurement processes with the government.
  • The sanctions stem from false data in bond documents for CAEM‑adjudicated water projects in municipalities of the State of Mexico, and the companies may appeal as the Secretariat vows to defend the rulings.