Overview
- The Foreign Ministry said the January payroll for Servicio Exterior Mexicano personnel in foreign posts will be deposited on Monday, January 12.
- The pledge followed a public appeal to President Claudia Sheinbaum from more than 1,000 employees who reported not receiving their January salary.
- The ministry, led by Foreign Secretary Juan Ramón de la Fuente, cited the opening of the fiscal year and payment operations linked to cross-border transfers as the cause.
- Staff noted that the Finance Ministry had budgeted the funds and that a previously communicated eight-day delay elapsed without payment.
- Workers detailed difficulty covering rent, school fees, basic services and credit abroad, and pointed to salaries left unreviewed for over 25 years, with many technical‑administrative posts below poverty thresholds.