Overview
- More than 1,000 Servicio Exterior Mexicano personnel working abroad report not receiving their January salary or benefits.
- The Foreign Ministry, led by Juan Ramón de la Fuente, says it completed administrative steps to deposit payroll on January 12.
- The ministry attributes the lapse to fiscal-year opening procedures and payment systems involving international transfers.
- Workers say the funds were included in the Finance Ministry’s 2026 budget and note a previously announced eight‑day delay passed without payment.
- Staff describe immediate hardships covering rent, school fees, and basic services, and cite wages unchanged for over 25 years with some postings below poverty levels.