PEP screening in Mexico

Entitymx is a search engine for companies. You type your customer's name and it shows candidates: people who hold or held a public office in Mexico, at the federal, state or municipal level, whose name resembles it. Each candidate comes with its position, the official source it comes from and a match percentage.

Why there is no list of names to check

Mexico has no public list with the names of politically exposed persons (PEPs). The Ministry of Finance (SHCP) published in 2020 a list of public positions that count, not of the people who hold them. The names are spread across the Federal Official Gazette (Diario Oficial de la Federación), the official gazettes of the 32 states and the transparency portals, and they change every time someone is appointed or leaves.

The UIF, Mexico's financial intelligence unit, will offer a closed yes or no check called Consulta PEP 2.0. It requires an advanced electronic signature (e.firma) and prior registration, it has no open search or bulk queries, and it does not operate until late August 2027.

Who counts as a PEP in Mexico

The general rules published in the Federal Official Gazette on 7 August 2026, in force from 30 November 2026, define a PEP by the public function performed, following the FATF wording, and not by a list of names. A domestic PEP remains one during the year following the year in which they left office.

What you get

Candidates who hold or held federal, state or municipal office, from public sources, mainly official ones.
For each candidate: the position, the source, a match percentage and the evidence behind it.
A record of each search that you can keep in your customer file.
An API for companies that want their own system to run the searches.

The match percentage measures how similar two names are. It is not the probability that the candidate is your customer. Whether the candidate is your customer is your decision.

Pricing

Each search costs $6.00 mxn, VAT included, with no subscription for the search engine. The API has a monthly subscription of $6,500.00 mxn, VAT included, and each query is charged to your balance. Prices are in Mexican pesos.

Language

The service, the account panel, the API documentation and the guides are in Spanish. You can try the search engine without an account in the demo, read about the API for companies, browse the guides or create an account. For questions, write to contacto@entitymx.com.

This page is informational and is not legal advice. Entitymx does not replace the official list or the UIF check.