Mexico - Central Authority

Procuraduría Federal de Protección de Niñas, Niños y Adolescentes del Sistema Nacional para el Desarrollo Integral de la Familia
(PFPNNA - SNDIF)
Federal Attorney for the Protection of Girls, Boys and Adolescents of the National System for Comprehensive Development of the Family (SNDIF)
Francisco Sosa No. 439
Colonia Barrio de Santa Catarina
Alcaldía Coyoacán
C.P. 04010
Ciudad de México
México
Tel.: +52 (55) 30 03 22 00 Ext. 4429 y 4434
E-mail: dulce.mejia@dif.gob.mx; oliver.castaneda@dif.gob.mx
Website: https://www.gob.mx/difnacional

Contact persons:

  • Mtro. Oliver Castañeda Correa
    Procurador Federal de Protección de Niñas, Niños y Adolescentes
    Federal Attorney for the Protection of Girls, Boys and Adolescents
    E-mail: oliver.castaneda@dif.gob.mx

  • Mtra. Dulce María Mejía Cortés
    Directora General de Representación Jurídica y Restitución de Derechos de Niñas, Niños y Adolescentes
    General Director for Legal Representation and Restitution of the Rights of Girls, Boys and Adolescents
    E-mail: dulce.mejia@dif.gob.mx

Note: In connection with Article 6, paragraph 2, and Article 22, paragraph 2, of the Convention, the Systems for Integral Family Development act as the sole Central Authorities in each of the 31 federal units of Mexico, which are listed below. The National System for Integral Family Development has exclusive jurisdiction within the Federal District and subsidiary jurisdiction with the 31 federal units. The Legal Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs acts as the Central Authority for the receipt of documents from other countries. For more details please see the Mexican Country Profile.

1. Aguascalientes
2. Baja California
3. Baja California Sur
4. Campeche
5. Coahuila
6. Colima
7. Chiapas 
8. Chihuahua
9. Durango
10. Estado de México
11. Guanajuato
12. Guerrero
13. Hidalgo
14. Jalisco
15. Michoacán
16. Morelos
17. Nayarit
18. Nuevo León
19. Oaxaca
20. Puebla
21. Querétaro
22. Quintana Roo
23. San Luis Potosi
24. Sinaloa
25. Sonora
26. Tabasco
27. Tamaulipas
28. Tlaxcala
29. Veracruz
30. Yucatán
31. Zacatecas

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