Opening up an investigation into the alleged and proven wrongdoings by public officials at the Tax Administration Service would shine light on major areas of public corruption
"Corruption is not a disagreeable characteristic of the Mexican political system," Gabriel Zaid observed in La economia presidencial. "It is the system."
"It is widely known," Mexican journalist Ricardo Ravelo wrote in June 2018, "how the General Administration of Customs … operates a network of officials linked to large-scale smuggling in the country’s 49 customs offices." Under previous central administrators Aristotle Núñez Sánchez and Osvaldo Santin Quiroz, Mexico’s Tax Administration Service (SAT) became known for "…unleashing smuggling throughout the country."
Smuggling, said Ravelo, is a business that operates in Mexico without a containment dam, under the protection of senior officials at the SAT. Those close to the SAT high command, he added, rake in millions in cash distributed by large international smugglers, importers of Chinese fabrics and other goods.
