Ebrard Warns of Retaliation to Trump’s Proposed Tariffs
The Mexican Secretary of the Economy cautioned that Mexican tariffs on U.S. goods could contribute to inflation in the United States
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The Mexican Treasury’s Capricious Dolling out of Fines
OPINION By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS There is no accounting for how Mexico’s Treasury Secretariat’s (Hacienda) Tax Administration Service (SAT) decides who to prosecute and who to let slide, other than the fact that, like all government offices directly under Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), it takes its orders from the president. On Friday, July 29, the SAT notified the internationally disgraced
Read moreNavigating Mexico: Getting Closer to Real Justice
By JUAN DE JESÚS BREENE Unless you have been arrested for being involved in a bar brawl, public urination or driving while intoxicated, you probably did not even know a certain type of court exists in Mexico. While other countries have traffic court, small claims or other type of lesser-infraction courts, in more and more communities, including in Mexico City,
Read moreNavigating Mexico: I Love Driving in Mexico
By JUAN DE JESÚS BREENE Call me crazy, but I love driving in Mexico. Whenever the topic comes up, I tell people that, and the usual response is, “Are you a glutton for punishment?” or some more colorfully worded reaction. I have never been to India. Driving in India is supposedly truly intense. Rome was crazy and I survived. Nairobi
Read moreSAT Details New Asset Seizure Rules for Tax Debtors
By KELIN DILLON On Tuesday, Dec. 14, Mexico’s Tax Administrative Service (SAT) revealed its new methodology to acquire owed taxes from debtors in 2022, with the newfound jurisdiction to seize assets from taxpayers’ bank deposits, properties, savings accounts, insurance investments, stocks, bonds and real estate as a form of repayment. Now, taxpayers will be held directly responsible for reviewing notifications
Read moreMexico Given Two-Game Fan-Ban for Homophobic Chant
XINHUA Mexico will be forced to play their next two home World Cup soccer qualifiers behind closed doors because of homophonic chants from fans, FIFA said on Monday, Nov. 1. The world football’s governing body also fined the Mexican football federation 100,000 Swiss francs ($110,000) for several incidents during World Cup qualifiers against Canada and Honduras in September. The ruling
Read moreLiga MX Salary Caps Could Stifle Competition
By ALEJANDRO ENVILA FISHER Exemplary, legally solid and irrefutable, the financial sanctions imposed by the Federal Economic Competition Commission (Cofece) on Mexican soccer clubs for having imposed a salary cap (also hunger) on women who play professionally in the Liga MX could end up exploding in the Cofece’s face and eventually lead to the disappearance of the country’s fledgling women’s
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