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Mexican president suggests Maya Train derailment may have been intentional
Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador discusses the Maya Train during a press conference earllier this year. At a Tuesday press conference, López Obrador questioned whether a Monday derailment was intentional. Screen shot from Government of Mexico YouTube video.
MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Tuesday suggested that Monday’s Maya Train derailment could have been intentional, while the candidate to succeed Lopez Obrador from the coalition including his party said the derailment will not affect her campaign.
In his morning press conference, López Obrador said the incident was “strange,” Publimetro.com reports.
There was a human error at the station,” he said. “… A change was not carried out in a track device, and a search is underway to see if it was intentional or it was if it was intentional or if was an error by those responsible for managing the tracks.” A safety system prevented any injuries, he said.
The last car of a four-car train bound for Cancún derailed at a switch entering the station at Tixkokob on Monday morning. The train was moving about 10 kilometers per hour (6 mph) at the time, the Maya Train operating company said in a statement [see “Maya Train experiences low-speed derailment,” Trains News Wire, March 25, 2024.]
Meanwhile, in a campaign appearance in Oaxaca, Claudia Sheinbaum, candidate of the three-party “Let’s Keep Making History” coalition, was asked about the derailment’s role in the campaign, La Silla Rota reports.
“I don’t think it will impact us in the campaign,” she said. “The president has already said that he will investigate whether it was a human error or whether there was any fraud in this. We are going to wait for the results, but I do not consider that there will be any impact on the campaign.”
The Maya Train project is increasingly a campaign issue. On Monday, La Silla Rosa reports opposition candidate Xóchitl Galvez filed a complaint against relatives of López Obrador for alleged corruption regarding ballast contracts for the project. She claimed the cost for those contracts increased from 120 billion pesos to more than 500 billion pesos ($7.2 billion to $30 billion), and also filed a criminal complaint, saying the ballast does not meet safety requirements.
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Mexican cartels use US border to arm themselves with ‘military-grade’ weapons
The cache of weapons include FNH SCAR rifles, Barrett .50 caliber rifles, FNH M249S rifles and M1919 rifles, federal authorities say
Federal authorities toppled a major gun trafficking operation intended to arm Mexican drug cartels with over 100 “military-grade” firearms, according to court documents.
Five men were arrested on March 20 and accused of illegally buying weapons throughout Texas to allegedly smuggle them across the border.
“These firearms included FNH SCAR rifles, Barrett .50 caliber rifles, FNH M294S rifles, and M1919 rifles, all of which are highly prized by Mexican drug trafficking cartels for their firepower and battlefield reliability,” the federal criminal complaint says.
“They are symbols of cartel profit, power, and prestige due in part to their high price to purchase and operate … Mexican drug trafficking cartels use these weapons to engage in battle with their enemies and exert control over their claimed territory.”
Federal authorities have seized high-powered firearms and ammunition related to gun trafficking groups that have provided weapons to violent Mexican drug cartels in the past. (Justice Department )
Gerardo Rafael Perez Jr. is the alleged ringleader of the operation that was intended to arm cartels in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
Four straw purchasers – identified as Gerardo Ibarra Jr., Gerardo Corona Jr., Francisoc Alejandro Benavides and Mark Anthony Trevino Jr. – illegally secured weapons in western, southern and northern districts of Texas, the criminal complaint alleges.
Straw purchasing of firearms is the illegal act of buying a gun for another person who is prohibited from owning the weapon or does not want their name associated with the transaction.
It became a crime in 2022 after the bipartisan gun safety bill – authored by Texas Sen. John Cornyn – passed and went into effect.
Mexican marines escort five alleged drug traffickers of the Zeta drug cartel in front of an RPG-7 rocket launcher, hand grenades, firearms, cocaine and military uniforms seized from alleged members of the Zetas drug traffickers cartel and presented to the press on June 9, 2011 at the Navy Secretaryship in Mexico City. Guns flowing from the U.S. into Mexico have helped arm cartels. (Yuri Cortez/AFP via Getty Images)
The straw purchasers allegedly bought the guns from unlicensed dealers, including Jose Emigdio Mendoza, who was named as a defendant in the complaint.
Luis Matias Leal, who went by several nicknames including “Wicho,” “Poncho” and “El Tio,” allegedly funded the operation, and Antonio Osiel Casarez allegedly smuggled the guns into Mexico and returned to the U.S. “with bulk cash,” according to court documents.
Mendoza allegedly sold at least 22 guns for $169,900 between December 2022 and March 2023, the criminal complaint says.
The scheme began to unravel in late January 2023, when federal firearm licensees in San Antonio denied a sale because of “suspicious circumstances of the attempted purchase,” according to court documents.
Mendoza – who allegedly sold the guns – along with two suspected straw purchasers, Ibarra and Corona, were arrested and charged last March.
Perez Jr., the alleged ringleader, and Casarez, who is accused of smuggling the guns across the border, were arrested last September in Laredo, Texas, where law enforcement found a large cache of weapons and over hundreds of rounds of ammunition.
The suspects – all 30 or younger – face a 14-count federal indictment.
If convicted, the conspiracy to traffic firearms charges carry a penalty of up to 15 years in prison and conspiracy to straw purchase guns carries a maximum sentence of 25 years.
People smuggler admits using sewer pipes to take people from Mexico to U.S.
Noe Campos Villa, 20, from Tijuana, Mexico, pleaded guilty in federal court to smuggling people across the border in return for $6,000.
A people smuggler has admitted to helping seven immigrants enter the United States from Mexico by traveling through sewer pipes that cross the border, prosecutors said Thursday.
Kevin Noe Campos Villa, 20, from Tijuana, Mexico, pleaded guilty in federal court to smuggling people across the border in return for $6,000. He will be sentenced in June and faces up to 10 years in prison and a potential $250,000 fine.
The court heard that Campos and three of the migrants who crossed the border under his guidance on Jan. 22 were approached by Border Patrol agents, who spotted them going through pipes 2 miles west of the San Ysidro Port of Entry.
“According to court records, two of the unauthorized immigrants who were rescued stated that they feared for their lives when crossing the river because they did not know how to swim,” the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California said in a statement.
One migrant told authorities that he was “swept away by the river’s current and was able to grab and hold onto a tree branch until his rescue,” the statement said.
Sewer pipes that connect the U.S. and Mexico are fitted with grates to stop people going through them — but these are opened during heavy rain to allow greater water flow without damaging the grates.
Smugglers have used the pipes for years causing U.S. authorities to warn of the dangers of entering the pipes, including not only the rushing water but its toxic content.
In a plea agreement, Campos accepted that he had been working for smugglers by building ladders to get people across the border.
“This case is yet another example of transnational smuggling organizations placing profits over safety,” said U.S. Attorney Tara McGrath in the statement.
“This is an important reminder that safety is of little concern to transnational criminal organizations,” said Chief Patrol Agent Patricia McGurk-Daniel.
People smugglers have in the past advertised their services on Facebook for as little as $4,500 per person.
Mexico’s controversial new ‘superhighway’
The 104km Barranca Larga-Ventanilla highway radically reduces travel time to Oaxaca’s beautiful and bohemian coast, but are local communities prepared for it?
The Oaxaca Coast has long been a dream destination of mine ever since a friend came home from a year in a yoga centre with tales of full Moon circles and plant medicine ceremonies held right on the beach.Last December, after living in Oaxaca City, the capital of the eponymous state, for five months, I finally made it this beautiful Pacific coastline to watch waves pummel Playa Zipolite, Mexico’s only official nude beach; admire the sun set on a sea cape that’s said to be home to buried Aztec treasure; and try neo-shamanic healing in the bohemian town of Mazunte.But getting there was no easy feat.
Oaxaca’s peaceful, fragile and largely undeveloped coast is sheltered by the Sierra Madre del Sur Mountains and was at that time reached by a famously vomit-inducing mountain road with endless hairpin turns from Oaxaca City. Taking seven to eight hours by car – or 10-12 hours by bus – the journey was hard to fit into my work schedule. My only other option was an expensive flight to coastal city Puerto Escondido. I went with a night bus, whose nonstop twists and turns left me feeling like I was riding an out-of-control rollercoaster.Now, just a few months later, a quick weekend trip to the beach is entirely possible. A new 104km “superhighway” connecting Oaxaca City – named the best city in the world by Travel & Leisure in 2023 – to Puerto Escondido, the gateway to almost 600km of glorious coastline, finally opened in February 2024, 15 long years after its inception. It has radically reduced travel time to just 2.5 hours. “The new highway is a game-changer for people who want an easy commute from the city to the beach,” said Colleen Palmer, an American I met who was travelling with her husband. “People were buzzing about the highway when we left Oaxaca City and even more so when we arrived in Puerto Escondido.”Ida Pap/AlamyLGBTQ-friendly Zipolite is where you’ll find lively beach bars (Credit: Ida Pap/Alamy)
I spent a little under two weeks on the so-called Oaxacan Riviera, though I could have easily spent two months. My visit was limited to a small string of villages: the sleepy, hippie town of Mazunte; the fishing village St Agustinillo; and the LGBTQ-friendly Zipolite. Decidedly unplugged, they’re the type of places where ATMs are out of cash for a week and stable Wi-Fi is pretty much non-existent. Bouncing between the crystal healings of Mazunte and the lively beach bars of Zipolite hit the sweet spot.
But there is so much more to the coast. I could have headed south from Zipolite to hit up the nine bays, 36 beaches, coral reefs and lowland jungle of Huatulco National Park, or ventured inland into the mountains to cool off in the magical Copalitilla waterfalls.Or I could have explored surf city Puerto Escondido, whose 20ft waves have earned it the title “Mexican Pipeline”. Once here, it’s a matter of taking a bus, taxi, colectivo (shuttle), boat, tour or private transportation for an hour or two to get to other destinations. For example, a few hours north of Puerto are the remote, biodiverse lagoons of Chacahua National Park, one of the least-developed destinations in the area. Fifteen minutes west from Puerto is Laguna de Manialtepec, which brims with rare birds, crocodiles and bioluminescent plankton.
Besides making it much easier for tourists to get here, the local government says that the road will increase trade between inland areas and the coast and make it easier for people in remote communities to access services like healthcare and education.
The more than 13bn pesos (around £609m) into the project reflects the government’s growing investment in trade and travel infrastructure in Oaxaca. Other projects include the upcoming expansion of Puerto Escondido airport, which will allow for direct international flights to the coast, and the ambitious Interoceanic Corridor, which aims to rival the Panama Canal.Arkadij Schell/Getty ImagesSome residents are concerned that the local infrastructure won’t be able to handle an influx of tourists (Credit: Arkadij Schell/Getty Images)
But as is typically the case when travel becomes more accessible, the highway is a double-edged sword.
Take the highway
The 104km Barranca Larga-Ventanilla highway is an impressive feat of engineering and offers a smooth, quick ride to the coast. It has two traffic lanes and 15 on-and-off-ramps for surrounding communities.
While some construction is still going on, the road is now in use. It’s free for everyone to use until September 2024, when a toll will go into effect for international and domestic tourists not from the state of Oaxaca.
Travellers can rent a car in Oaxaca City or take a bus or minivan. They can also support Coatlanes indigenous community affected by the highway by booking one of the vans offered by Ruta Coatlanes Costa.
On the one hand, a tourism boom could help Oaxaca, one of the poorest states in Mexico, “rise from the ashes, giving people better jobs and a better life, with more opportunities,” said Nef Noyola, who was born on the Oaxaca Coast and now lives in Oaxaca City. Others I spoke to believe that coastal communities will benefit from access to services in Oaxaca City and overall improved connectivity between regions. But gentrification across Oaxaca has people on edge, and as coastal communities grow in popularity with expats and long-term visitors, rising costs are driving residents away. Pollution threatens the pristine landscape, and even the surf itself is changing due to development.A lack of government investment in infrastructure such as sewage treatment facilities means communities and the fragile environments they live in aren’t prepared for hordes of tourists. Some Oaxaqueños feel abandoned by the government’s lack of investment in service infrastructure to match that which was poured into the highway.”Everyone is talking about this,” said Nayola. “In many countries, governments will make sure everything is ready to receive more people before they build a road somewhere. In Mexico, they build stuff first and then they deal with what they were supposed to do before.”Meanwhile, the road has fuelled tensions between a local Indigenous group and the government. Members of the Coatlanes community say they ceded their land and cooperated with the government in the building of the highway for 20 years, with a promise that they’d have exclusive rights to operate transport. That promise wasn’t upheld, inciting the community to block traffic within 24 hours of the road’s inauguration.Arkadij Schell/Getty ImagesTravellers heading to the region should buy from small, locally owned businesses (Credit: Arkadij Schell/Getty Images)
“The quality of the life here is different if you are a white person or if you are Indigenous,” said Isabella Matt, an Afro-Indigenous artist, activist and Puerto Escondido native. “In Puerto Escondido, we have a clear view of this. We have two different Mexicos: The real Mexico, and one the tourists know.”
For those travelling to the region, being mindful and aware of the issues people face is essential, as is spending money in conscious ways, like opting out of resource-heavy accommodations (think beachfront resorts and high-rise hotels) in favour of ecologically responsible ones. Choosing simpler, more affordable accommodations may also help stop inflation.
“Just because you can pay for something more expensive doesn’t mean you should,” said Caleb Ramos Guzmán, who was born in and still lives in Zipolite. “Maybe you are here for a couple of weeks, but we stay here having to live under those prices with limited options.”
Travellers should also try to travel sustainably by buying from small, locally owned businesses; minimising waste; and avoiding plastics. Being very mindful of water use is especially important in drought-stricken Oaxaca.
As the highway opens up the coast like never before, it’s even more clear how precious and vulnerable this ecologically and culturally rich region is. While travellers like myself might rejoice at the prospect of a fast, convenient highway, it’s essential to respect the wellbeing of the land and the people who live there by travelling lightly and consciously.
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Forest fires burn in nearly half of Mexico’s drought-stricken states, fueled by strong winds.
NOGALES, Mexico (AP) — Forest fires were burning in nearly half of Mexico’s drought-stricken states Monday fueled by strong winds.
The National Forestry Commission reported 58 active fires in 15 states, including in protected nature reserves in Morelos, Veracruz and Mexico states.
A preliminary estimate of the affected area reached more than 3,500 acres (1,421 hectares), the commission wrote on the social platform X.
Authorities had reported no injuries, but at least some homes were burned at a wildfire in Nogales, Veracruz Monday. A fire burned across mountain farms, killing livestock and charring homes. At least five families were moved to a shelter.
Firefighters battled with a water tanker while residents slapped at flames in their fields with branches.
Alondra Chávez a Nogales resident was among those fighting the flames.
“The wind is beating us and we do what we can,” Chávez said.
Catalina Villafuerte, a resident of Aserradero Maltrata, a nearby community battling another fire, said “Everything is destroyed, the machines to work, beds, mattresses, everything.”
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Hats, T-shirts and dolls reflect outgoing Mexican president’s outsized presence in upcoming electionMEXICO CITY (AP) — Souvenirs bearing the image of 70-year-old Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador sell like T-shirts at a Taylor Swift concert.Just outside of Mexico’s presidential palace, throngs of mostly Mexicans crowd around a booth selling plush talking dolls, earrings, plastic sandals, stickers, hats, mugs, lighters and even coloring books plastered with the face of the highly popular leader.The populist López Obrador, best known by his nickname AMLO, has long had a feverish following, but he’s become a larger-than-life figure in Mexican politics after leading the nation for nearly six years.
Now, despite not being eligible to run for reelection in the upcoming June 2 presidential vote, the nationalist looms larger than any of the candidates competing for the helm of Mexico’s government.“López Obrador is going to be present without even being on the ballot,” said Carlos Pérez Ricart, a political analyst at Mexico’s Center for Economic Research and Teaching. “For better and for worse, he has managed to make all national politics revolve around him.”Armando Monter, a follower of López Obrador for 17 years, opened his memorabilia booth three months ago in downtown Mexico City, selling just a few dolls and keychains.
“It was really small, but then more and more people were interested,” said Monter. “Now, we sell pretty much everything because the image of the president is so loved.”
While presidential front-runner and López Obrador ally Claudia Sheinbaum attempts to mirror the president, her closest competitor, Xóchitl Gálvez, has sought to villainize him as she lags in the polls.
López Obrador has been part of Mexico’s national politics for decades, gaining a spotlight in 2006 when he narrowly lost the presidential election, which he insists was stolen. In 2018, he swept to victory, ousting the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) from the presidency.
Despite facing a range of controversies and high levels of violence in the country under his leadership, López Obrador is adored by many like 56-year-old Carmen Andrade, an informal vendor in the nearby state of Morelos.
Andrade traveled three hours by bus on Thursday to Mexico City, just to buy a small, $8 cartoon López Obrador doll for her home. She said the slog into the capital was worth it because he’s leaving office, and she wanted something to remember him by.
López Obrador has catered to working class voters in a way no other recent Mexican leader has, his popularity helped along by the nation’s strong economy.
He speaks candidly and he has pushed social programs, bumped up the minimum wage and proposed sweeping pension reforms. In the first four years of his presidency, Mexico’s government said 5 million people were pulled out of poverty.
“He’s my grandpa! … We all love him,” Andrade said, cradling the doll on her chest. “By doing nothing more than focusing on the poor and the elderly, he’s pushed aside all other presidents. They only thought about themselves.”
López Obrador is closing his presidency with soaring approval ratings, with nearly seven in 10 Mexicans approving of his administration. That’s a sharp contrast from previous governments, with his predecessor ending his term with barely 20% approval after waves of corruption scandals.
“He’s been able to connect with the working class that felt tossed to the side,” Pérez Ricart said. “He speaks like them, he looks like them, and that’s won him a lot of legitimacy.”
Andrade, who planned to travel another three hours home that evening, said she would have bought another doll for each room of her house, if only she had the money.
In the upcoming elections, Andrade plans to vote for front-runner Sheinbaum, who she said “carries the teachings” of López Obrador as the candidate of the president’s political party, Morena.
Nestled among López Obrador merchandise in Monter’s tent was a growing number of dolls, magnets and keychains emblazoned with Sheinbaum’s face.
Monter said he had never seen merchandise of any Mexican president until López Obrador. Over the past month, he said, more and more customers have come asking for souvenirs of Sheinbaum, who is on the path to become Mexico’s first woman president.
Sheinbaum is largely seen as a continuation of López Obrador, leading in recent polls by a healthy margin. She has closely tethered herself to her mentor, appearing next to him in campaign billboards and mirroring his tone and political platforms.
“Much has changed in these six years,” Sheinbaum said in her official campaign launch, ticking off dozens of López Obrador’s accomplishments. “I ask you, do you feel the transformation in the country? … We are going to continue with that transformation.”
López Obrador, too, has thrown his support behind Sheinbaum, to the point where electoral authorities asked the politician to refrain from commenting on the election. What remains to be seen is if he will continue to wield power in the incoming government if Sheinbaum wins. He has said he will retire from politics.
Still, many voters have grown disgruntled with some changes under the populist’s leadership. Cartel violence across the country has reached new extremes, López Obrador has attacked critics and journalists and carried out electoral reforms one official said could “wind up poisoning democracy itself.”
Last month, tens of thousands of Mexicans took to the streets to rail against the president in what they dubbed a “march for democracy.” Opposition parties latched onto the leader’s perceived failures, with presidential candidate Gálvez centering much of her presidential campaign around criticizing López Obrador.
“The opposition to López Obrador lives off of López Obrador,” said Pérez Ricart, the CIDE analyst. “I don’t know what they’re going to do when López Obrador is no longer in power.”
Many supporters of the president planning to vote for Sheinbaum said the bloodshed and his attacks on journalists have made some of their enthusiasm for their leader wane.
Still, Andrade, who grinned as she held her cartoon López Obrador doll on Friday, was quick to defend the politician. “He does what he can, and he’s done the best he can. There are always going to be people who judge him,” she said.
As Andrade walked away from the booth teeming with customers trading pesos for figures of the president, she added: “I’m leaving happy.”
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Hundreds of people in Mexico City stretch out for a ‘mass nap’ to commemorate World Sleep Day
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Those walking through the milling streets of downtown Mexico City on Friday were greeted with a strange and sleepy sight.
Lolling with bright blue yoga mats, sleeping masks and travel pillows, hundreds of Mexicans laid sprawled out on the ground at the base of the city’s iconic Monument to the Revolution to take a nap. Dubbed the “mass siesta,” the event was in commemoration of World Sleep Day.
It was also meant to be a protest to push for sleep to be considered an essential part of health and wellness.
Some participants wrapped themselves in bright orange blankets, while others prepped their phones to play soothing music as they slept.
Among the nappers was 52-year-old mariachi musician Manuel Magaña, who was popping in earbuds next to his wife, and 9-year-old daughter, who fell asleep holding hands. Magaña heard about the event on the news while he was looking for something fun to do with his granddaughter.
He said the idea struck a chord with him because as a mariachi he would work long and irregular hours, often going to bed as the sun would come up.
“As a musician I work at night, and I rarely sleep well during the day. Sometimes we forget to eat, sometimes all we get is a little nap,” he said.
The event was organized by the Center for Sleep and Neurosciences and the Mexican Society for the Investigation of Medicine and Sleep (SOMIMS).
As participants began to drift to sleep, organizers on stage chanted and lead participants through the meditation. They also listed off tips for helping people fall asleep, like getting plenty of natural light during the day and turning their phone off at night.
Oscar Sánchez Escandón, a director of the event and president of SOMIMS, said the event was meant to highlight “sleep inequality” around the world.
“We live in a society that is full of economic, social and political commitments, where everything matters other than rest. That can have a strong impact on health,” he said.
Nearly half of Mexicans are reported to have trouble sleeping, according to a study by the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
Mexico was listed as the most overworked country in the world by a 2019 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development report, which compared working hours among dozens of countries across the planet.
Last year, Mexico’s congress debated a proposed reform to officially lower the weekly work hours from 48 – the average for many Latin American nations – to 40, standard for much of the world. The initiative was put forward by Mexico’s ruling party, Morena, but the debate got kicked back to 2024.
Gabriela Filio, a 49-year-old nurse, brought along her 25-year-old daughter with the hopes that Mexico’s younger generations would push for a better work balance.
“We are in a country where the paychecks often don’t add up. Sometimes we have to work two jobs, but we also need to make sure to care for our sleep quality,” Filio said, stretching out to take a quick rest.
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What you need to know about Mexico car insurance because it’s required and US /Canadian insurance coverage stops at the Mexican border. Every year Mexico implements stricter laws for uninsured motorists, meaning not having it can cost you money due to damage/loss to your vehicle, fines and more
When you drive your car to Mexico, travel with complete peace of mind, by being properly insured. Your U.S. or Canadian insurance policy, however comprehensive, won’t cover you in Mexico, but affordable insurance is available…
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Insuring Your Car in Mexico
Although your U.S./Canadian car insurance policy may be comprehensive, and might also extend some limited damage coverage in Mexico, you will still need to purchase policy that is legally valid in Mexico.
U.S. and Canadian auto insurance policies, however comprehensive, hold no legal jurisdiction in Mexico. This means that you must buy separate insurance cover for your car while you’re driving in Mexico if you want to travel with complete peace of mind.
If you are driving your car improperly insured in Mexico and you become involved in an accident it will, at best, cost you a lot of money and, at worst, leave you imprisoned in a Mexican jail house. Presenting a U.S. or Canadian auto insurance policy will be of no use because these documents have no legal or actual force in Mexico, and the companies backing them will not settle any claim arising when you or your car are situated south of the border.
Drivers who are involved in serious accidents in Mexico are usually arrested pending investigation. If you are not properly insured in Mexico and become involved in a serious accident—even if it’s not your fault—these procedures will likely place a great deal of stress and financial burden upon you.
This guide explains how insurance works in Mexico and how to go about buying the additional insurance protection you need to ensure that you, your passengers, and your vehicle are properly insured when driving on Mexican soil and that, in the event of a serious accident, you are properly covered by a legally-valid and adequate insurance policy.
Mexican Auto Insurance
Mexican Law stipulates that only insurance companies which are licensed in Mexico can provide the type of auto insurance coverage that is recognized and accepted by Mexico’s legal system.
A few U.S.-based insurance companies will extend physical damage coverage on cars and RVs while they are situated in Mexico, but they cannot and do not provide Mexican liability insurance. So, although these policies may cover your damage, they will not cover your liability to others in Mexico. This is why a special insurance policy is absolutely necessary to be properly insured in Mexico.
Mexican Insurance Companies
Mexican Law also stipulates that liability insurance must be purchased from a licensed Mexican company, so your auto insurance policy necessarily needs to be issued by one of Mexico’s insurance companies, or through a broker in the U.S./Canada working in conjunction with a Mexican insurance company.
Who’s Insuring You?
Buyers purchasing insurance for their car in Mexico are often times misled by believing that they can rely on the broker, rather than the Mexican Insurance Company, to properly handle any claim that may arise during their stay in Mexico.
The insurance company underwriting your policy is much more important than the Broker that sells you the policy.
As all insurance policies are sold through brokers, it’s important to know which insurance company (or companies) are underwriting the policies being sold to you by the broker. Click here to read more Click here to get your free quotes