Overview
- President Claudia Sheinbaum installed Héctor Alonso Romero Gutiérrez to lead Mexico’s customs agency with orders to modernize operations.
- The plan merges foreign‑trade records from the tax authority SAT, the Economy Ministry, and customs into one database to replace split and sometimes paper files.
- Non‑invasive inspections will expand with more X‑ray and gamma scanners, backed by funding set for this year.
- Officials set goals to raise customs revenue and cut fraud, contraband, and corruption through joint work with the Army and Navy.
- Outgoing director Rafael Marín Mollinedo resigned and will shift to a delegate post in Yucatán, with the destination ministry not yet named.