MORENA PROPOSES FINING THOSE WHO DON’T REGISTER THEIR CELL PHONE WITH THEIR CURP: IMPOSITION IS FAILING AND PEOPLE WON’T GIVE IN.
The numbers explain the situation. With just weeks to go before June 30, the deadline to link each cell phone line to the CURP (Mexican national ID number), only 17% of the more than 150 million active lines in Mexico have been added to the registry. The vast majority openly refuse, and sectors within Morena are already proposing economic sanctions to force registration.
The pressure is focused on strengthening Article 114 Bis. Currently, fines are directed at authorities and companies that do not accept the biometric CURP as valid identification, with penalties ranging from 1.17 to 2.34 million pesos.
But the internal proposal to extend or reinforce this framework is growing, so that citizens who do not register their line also face economic consequences, not just service suspension.
The government says it needs the database to combat phone extortion and identity theft. But public trust is shattered. The leak of President Sheinbaum’s own cell phone and email, along with the hacks of the Ministry of National Defense (Sedena) and the Federal Judiciary Council, demonstrate that the State cannot even protect its own data.
Citizen resistance continues to grow. People remember that in 2022 the Supreme Court already struck down the National Telephone User Registration Plan (PANAUT) for deeming biometric data collection “disproportionate.” Today, civil organizations, lawyers, and users are demanding a halt to the imposition and warn that any attempt to fine citizens will violate the Constitution.
The dilemma remains: those who do not register will lose their phone service on July 1st, and now a fine could be added. But millions of Mexicans stand firm. For them, the answer is clear: personal data is not a bargaining chip for using a phone.
