The head of the San Luis Potosí Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection, Jesús Juárez Hernández, stated that the state has no agreement or authority to regulate, seize, or process vehicles of foreign origin, as this falls under exclusively federal jurisdiction.
In this regard, he explained that the state’s role is limited to institutional coordination: “We cannot seize American cars until there is an agreement, a convention,” he emphasized, reiterating that regulatory responsibility lies with federal agencies.
Meanwhile, the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System (SESNSP) informed the states and the public that, following its publication in the Official Gazette of the Federation on December 31, 2025, the first transitional provision of the decree that had allowed the regularization of used vehicles of foreign origin was amended.
The agency specified that, for compliance, “private individuals as well as authorities at all three levels of government must refrain from carrying out, receiving, promoting, or processing any application” related to regularization under this program.
It also reiterated that the program aimed to regularize vehicles imported into the country before October 19, 2021, and that this goal has already been achieved, with a total of 2,987,839 vehicles regularized as of November 2025.
The SESNSP added that the decree published in December 2025 expressly states that the program concluded without extension, and therefore, as of January 1, 2026, “there is no provision in effect authorizing the regularization of used vehicles of foreign origin.”
Consequently, the agency emphasized that “it is not legally or administratively permissible to consider the existence of pending applications, extensions, or ongoing regularization processes,” as this is a legally concluded program.
In this context, the Secretary of Public Security for San Luis Potosí reiterated that state governments cannot act unilaterally on this issue and that any measures related to foreign vehicles must strictly adhere to the current federal framework.
The state security official insisted that coordination with the federal government is ongoing, but clarified that there is no current legal basis for continuing regularization processes or implementing new agreements in this regard.
Source: oem
