Presence of Illegal Activities · 7.3 Laboratories and Synthetic Drug Production

Meets the criterion.

Mexico has a binding federal framework governing the acquisition of chemical precursors. The legislation requires transaction registration, identification of participants, documentation of origin and destination, verification of counterparties, record retention, and reporting of unusual transactions.

Implementation is supported by a mandatory health permit for domestic acquisition and by the operation of the Integrated Substances System as a registration and traceability mechanism. Public evidence does not provide consolidated figures on applications, approvals, denials, alerts, inspections, violations, or diversion-prevention outcomes. This limitation affects performance assessment but does not undermine the verified existence and operation of the national regime.