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{{Short description|Organization of the Mexican government}}
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{{Infobox government agency
| name = Office of the Federal Prosecutor for the Consumer
| native_name = {{lang|es|Procuraduría Federal del Consumidor}}
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| image_caption = Offices in Mexico City
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| headquarters = Avenida José Vasconcelos 208, [[Condesa|Colonia Condesa]], [[Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City|Cuauhtémoc]], 06140 [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]]
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The '''Procuraduría Federal del Consumidor''', or Office of the Federal Prosecutor for the Consumer ('''PROFECO''', for short), is an organization of the [[Mexican Government|Mexican government]] led by on the [[Attorney general|Attorney General]]. Mexico became the second [[Latin America]]n nation to pass a Federal Consumer Protection Law, on February 5, 1976, and later became the first to create an Office for the [[Prosecutor]].<ref name=":02">{{Cite web|url=http://www.gob.mx/profeco|title=Procuraduría Federal del Consumidor {{!}} Gobierno {{!}} gob.mx|website=www.gob.mx|language=es|access-date=2018-10-19}}</ref> By 1982, the Office had 32 representations, one in each state and one in the [[Federal District (Mexico)|Federal District]]. PROFECO has in total 51 offices all over the republic, and its main office is in [[Mexico City]].<ref name=":02" /> The most recent reform of this federal law was signed by the Mexican president [[Enrique Peña Nieto]] at the beginning of 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-11-01 |title=DECRETO por el que se reforman y adicionan diversas disposiciones de la Ley Federal de Protección al Consumidor |url=http://dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5510424&fecha=11/01/20}}</ref>

PROFECO works together with other organizations like CPSC ([[U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission]]) from the [[United States]]. and [[Health Canada]] from [[Canada]] to guarantee that imported products are safe for [[consumer]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A528542675/AONE?u=clackamasccl&sid=AONE&xid=fe5b4f5e.%20Accessed%2022%20Oct.%202018.|title=Gale - Product Login|website=link.galegroup.com|access-date=2018-10-22}}</ref> In February 2018, the representatives of these three organizations met in the U.S. to sign a [[memorandum of understanding]] (MOU). With this agreement these three countries compromised to ensure the quality of imported products for [[South America|south]] and [[North America]]n consumers.<ref>{{Cite press release |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/north-america-product-safety-regulators-agree-to-increase-cooperation-on-consumer-product-safety-trilateral-mou-signed-at-annual-meeting-of-multi-stakeholder-association-300603381.html |title=North America Product Safety Regulators Agree to Increase Cooperation on Consumer Product Safety; Trilateral MOU Signed at Annual Meeting of Multi-Stakeholder Association |last=Commission |first=U.S. Consumer Product Safety |website=www.prnewswire.com |language=en |access-date=2018-10-23}} Profeco Contact: 1 877 209 2681</ref> The representative of PROFECO in this meeting was the [[Attorney general|attorney]] [https://www.gob.mx/profeco/estructuras/rogelio-cerda-perez Rogelio Cerda Perez], who has been the federal consumer attorney since August 2017.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Ex delegado del PRI en Puebla es nombrado nuevo titular de la PROFECO |language=es |url=http://www.periodicocentral.mx/2017/gobierno/item/14150-ex-delegado-del-pri-en-puebla-es-nombrado-nuevo-titular-de-la-profeco |access-date=2018-10-23}}</ref>

[[File:Logo de ProFeCo.jpg|thumb|right|PROFECO's previous logo]]

== Objectives ==
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.profeco.gob.mx/english.htm|title=Procuraduría Federal del Consumidor|last=DGI|website=www.profeco.gob.mx|access-date=2018-11-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=¿Qué hacemos? |url=https://www.gob.mx/profeco/que-hacemos?_ga=2.101318017.1293483510.1541441723-153244618.1540348464 |access-date=2018-11-05 |website=Procuraduría Federal del Consumidor |language=es}}</ref>
* Protect consumers against abuses or fraud by companies operating in Mexico.
* Provide information to help consumers make good decisions when they need to buy products.
* Inform the community about their rights and obligations as consumers.
* Create and put in practice new methods to provide prompt attention for consumer complaints.

==Programs==
* The Good Weekend ([[El Buen Fin]]): a shopping weekend intended to stimulate the economy by encouraging consumption<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elbuenfin.org/que-es|title=El Buen Fin 2018|website=www.elbuenfin.org|language=en|access-date=2018-10-24}}</ref>
* Who is Who on the Prices (Quien es Quien en los Precios (QQP)): PROFECO collects information about prices of products that consumers buy regularly. They make a list comparing the prices of these products at different stores, and share this information with the consumers to help them decide where is the best place to buy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Quién es Quién en los Precios |url=https://www.profeco.gob.mx/precios/canasta/default.aspx |access-date=2018-10-24 |website=Procuraduría Federal del Consumidor |language=es}}</ref>
* Consumer magazine: PROFECO has published this monthly magazine for more than 40 years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gob.mx/profeco/articulos/revista-del-consumidor?idiom=es&_ga=2.38098987.903958839.1541554921-153244618.1540348464|title=Revista del Consumidor|last=Consumidor|first=Procuraduría Federal del|website=gob.mx|language=es|access-date=2018-11-07}}</ref> In this magazine consumers will find a wide variety of information about daily life, like comparison of products, recipes, studies and alerts.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://issuu.com/profeco/docs/revista_del_consumidor_septiembre_2|title=Revista del Consumidor septiembre 2018|work=Issuu|access-date=2018-10-24|language=en}}</ref>

== Current Commissioners==
<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.profecogobmx.com/|title=Procuraduría Federal del Consumidor {{!}} Gobierno {{!}} profecogobmx.com/|website=www.profecogobmx.com|language=es|access-date=2018-10-24}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Position
!Sworn in
|-
|[[César Iván Escalante Ruiz]]
|Federal consumer procurator
|October 2024
|-
|Raymundo Rodríguez Diego
|Verification Deputy Attorney
|April 2017
|-
|Pedro Fernando Flamand Gutiérrez
|General Coordinator of Administration
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|-
|Omar Cervantes Rodríguez
|General Director of Social Communication
|October 2017
|-
|Rafael Ochoa Morales
|Legal Deputy Attorney
|March 2016
|-
|María de los Ángeles Jasso Cisneros
|Deputy Attorney General
|September 2017
|-
|Héctor Alejandro Gutiérrez Ordaz
|General Director of Planning and Evaluation
|November 2015
|-
|Carlos de Jesús Ponce Beltrán
|Deputy Attorney for Telecommunications
|September 2015
|-
|Juan Carlos Estefan Mafud
|General Coordinator of Education and Dissemination
|November 2017
|-
|Humberto Lepe Lepe
|General Director of Delegations
|August 2017
|}

== See also ==

* [[United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement]]
* [[Canada–Mexico relations]]
* [[Mexico–United States relations]]
* [[Toy safety]]
* [[El Buen Fin]]

== References ==
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== External links ==

* {{Official website}}
* https://www.cpsc.gov/content/cpsc-profeco-and-health-canada-issue-joint-statement-on-the-fourth-north-america-product
* https://elbuenfin.profeco.gob.mx/

{{Law enforcement in Mexico}}

[[Category:Federal law enforcement agencies of Mexico]]
[[Category:Prosecution services|Mexico]]
[[Category:Consumer rights agencies]]

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