Misused public funds

Federal auditor finds tens of millions of pesos in unexplained excess payments on Mexico City-area commuter rail projects

Confidence: Confirmed · 3 sourcesMexico · Sep 22, 2026

Subject of this story

Secretaria de Infraestructura, Comunicaciones y Transportes (SICT)

Also named

Oversight

Auditoría Superior de la Federación (ASF)

What happened

In its review of the 2024 public account, released July 1, 2025, Mexico's ASF found the Secretaria de Infraestructura, Comunicaciones y Transportes (SICT) had to clarify roughly 47.3 million pesos in payments on the Tren Interurbano Mexico-Toluca and Tren Suburbano projects, including 13.86 million pesos in excess payments on the Manantial cable-stayed bridge, 6.2 million pesos tied to the Vasco de Quiroga station, and 27.2 million pesos on the Suburbano's Lecheria-Felipe Angeles airport segment -- citing duplicated cost-adjustment charges, machinery and labor billed without proof of use, and payments lacking supporting work logs or photographic evidence.

By the numbers (1)

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Figures

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The ASF detected excess payments of more than 33 million pesos on the Tren Suburbano and Tren Interurbano México-Toluca works.33M MXN

Auditoría Superior de la Federación (ASF)'More than' 33 million pesos.

1 source

Infobaepagos en exceso por mas de 33 millones de pesos

Sources (3)

SourceASF individual audit report documenting excess payments and unresolved amounts on the Tren Interurbano Mexico-Toluca and Tren Suburbano works.

La Silla RotaASF detecta exceso de pagos y sobrecostos en obras del Tren Interurbano y Suburbano.

InfobaeASF detecta pagos en exceso por mas de 33 millones de pesos en Tren Suburbano y Tren Interurbano Mexico-Toluca.

Response

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