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Mexico Fast-Tracks Broad Tariff Hikes as Sheinbaum Touts Homicide Drop and Moves on Extortion Law

The acceleration of tariffs faces criticism for haste, reflecting wider unease over opaque security trends.

Overview

  • The government reports a 37% reduction in daily intentional homicides from September 2024 to November 2025, to an average of 54.7 per day, with officials calling November the lowest since 2015.
  • Reports highlight a marked rise in disappearances to an average of 39 per day during the current term, a trend acknowledged as serious by Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch and flagged by analysts as a data interpretation challenge.
  • The Senate approved in a seven-hour turnaround a reform affecting 1,463 tariff lines across 17 sectors for countries without trade agreements, passing 76–5 with 35 abstentions and sending the measure to the Executive.
  • Opposition legislators criticized the fast-track process and warned of protectionist risks to competitiveness, while Morena framed the move as job protection and import substitution; Economy Secretary Marcelo Ebrard said the measure targets no single country.
  • At a National Security Council session, authorities advanced a nationwide framework to pursue extortion cases ex officio, and the presidency cited early security and social program results under the Plan Michoacán por la Paz y la Justicia.