Telmex, Megacable, and Totalplay filed a complaint on July 3, 2026 with the Fiscalía General de la República (FGR) against Guadalupe López González, the municipal president of Salvador Alvarado, Sinaloa, over alleged irregular fees exceeding 1,500 million pesos. The complaint cites fines and payments imposed on infrastructure installed on CFE utility poles.
According to the complaint as reported by El CEO and TV Azteca Noticias, the municipal administration imposed fines and demanded payments for cable runs on CFE poles, a practice the companies describe as irregular and without legal basis. Federal congressman Mario Zamora Gastélum formally requested that the FGR intervene. In his request, the legislator noted that the conduct described by the companies points to a possible institutionalized fee-extraction scheme.
Mexico's Supreme Court (SCJN) has ruled on multiple occasions that regulation of telecommunications infrastructure falls exclusively under federal jurisdiction. Justice Yasmín Esquivel Mossa has noted that municipal measures in this area encroach on federal authority, and the Court has already struck down similar regulations in municipalities in Guerrero and Hidalgo.
Attorney Federico González Luna told El CEO that such conduct carries administrative and criminal liability for those responsible. Gabriel Székely, director of the Asociación Nacional de Telecomunicaciones, explained to the same outlet that some municipalities, facing resource shortfalls, seek to extract revenue from telecom companies through these types of charges.
According to El CEO, the companies allege that a municipal adviser identified as Pedro Molineros Urías offered to reduce the fines by 60 to 70 percent in exchange for payments. The complaints also include reports of deliberate cuts to telecommunications networks in the area, a practice that, according to the companies, puts internet, telephone, and pay-television service at risk for thousands of users in the municipality.
The FGR must decide in the coming days whether to open a formal investigation. In the meantime, the three operators are maintaining the complaint and have requested protective measures for the infrastructure providing connectivity to thousands of families and businesses in Salvador Alvarado.
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