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Mexico’s Finance Chief Touts Crackdown as Customs Revenue Reaches 1.39 Trillion Pesos

The claims were delivered in Senate testimony during Sheinbaum’s first report, facing opposition challenges over the scale of 'huachicol fiscal' losses.

Overview

  • Édgar Amador Zamora said anti‑corruption and tax‑evasion enforcement has funded expanded social programs without raising taxes.
  • He estimated 2025 customs collections at about 1.392 trillion pesos, vastly above mid‑2000s and early 2010s levels.
  • The SHCP reported 102 criminal filings tied to illicit hydrocarbons that together allege roughly 16 billion pesos.
  • Officials linked part of a roughly 200 billion‑peso year‑to‑date gain in customs intake to those legal actions and anti‑contraband efforts.
  • Overall tax revenue reached 3.7 trillion pesos through August, up 6.5% year over year, as opposition senators pressed for accountability and cited far higher alleged losses.