Overview
- A preliminary dictamen covering January 2024 through October 2025 finds no effective competition in 1,768 of 1,772 freight‑rail markets, with 76% operating as monopolies.
- The CNA proposes a forced divestiture of Ferromex’s Nogales–Guaymas segment from the Pacífico Norte concession, requiring completion within six months after a final decision and sale to an unrelated buyer.
- Investigators identify Grupo México’s Ferromex and Ferrosur and CPKC’s KCS de México as controlling essential stretches of the network that limit new entrants.
- Cited structural barriers include restrictive application of rights‑of‑way rules, strategic pricing that suppresses interline traffic, and the physical isolation of Pacific‑region rail networks.
- The regulator recommends strengthening ATTRAPI’s approval and oversight of rights‑of‑way and mandating that all existing access agreements be filed within 90 days of new guidelines, as affected parties prepare submissions for the Plenary’s review.