Overview
- Only 39.5% of companies say it is a good time to invest, a level comparable to 2020 and well below the above-50% readings seen from 2021 to 2023.
- Firms cite economic uncertainty as the top constraint (26.1%), followed by insecurity (20.4%) and the political context (18.4%).
- DataCoparmex reports 46.8% of companies suffered at least one crime, led by theft of merchandise in transit, extortion or cobro de piso, vehicle theft, and cybercrime.
- Coparmex highlights that roughly seven in ten extortion cases occur by phone and says most of those calls originate from prisons.
- The group estimates companies divert about 20% of investment to security and is pressing for measures including a national cellphone registry, harmonized criminal penalties, and sanctions for prison officials.