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.