Ferrum and Tolmex sanctioned for unregistered personnel and missing examinations

The Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC) published this Monday in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) the sanctions imposed on two private security companies: Ferrum Private Security, S.A. de C.V. and Tolmex Seguridad Privada y Traslado de Valores, S.A. de C.V. Both received a reprimand with public dissemination and the second, additionally, a fine of 108,570 pesos. The notices appear in Section I of the bulletin dated October 19, 2026, with references R.- 581301 and R.- 581303.

The Federal Private Security Law empowers the SSPC, through the General Directorate of Private Security, to sanction authorized service providers. Article 42 provides, in fraction I, for a reprimand with public dissemination on the agency’s website, and in fraction II, a fine. The resolutions are disseminated in the General Notices of the DOF once the administrative sanctioning procedure has concluded, and in both cases, they were signed by the General Director of Private Security, Enrique Martínez Garza.

Both companies hold current federal authorization. Ferrum operates under number DGSP/089-25/5304 and is located at Aristóteles 222, colonia Polanco IV Sección, Miguel Hidalgo borough, Mexico City; Tolmex under number DGSP/171-24/5074 and is located at Heroica Escuela Naval Militar Eje 2 Ote 276, colonia San Francisco Culhuacán, Coyoacán borough. The fine was calculated using the value of the Unit of Measure and Update (UMA) current in 2024, which is 108.57 pesos.

Reprimand for Ferrum due to unregistered personnel

In case file DGSP/DELC/PAS/186/2026, resolved on September 23, 2026, the General Directorate imposed a reprimand with public dissemination on Ferrum Private Security, as provided for in Article 42 fraction I of the Federal Private Security Law. The agreement was signed for publication on September 24, 2026.

The proven non-compliances were:

• Personnel performing private security functions without being registered, in contravention of Article 28 fraction III of the Law.
• Failure to request the registration of an operational element to be included in the National Registry of Public Security Personnel, pursuant to Article 32 fraction XVI.
• Failure to request the registration of its executive and administrative personnel in the National Registry of Private Security Companies, Personnel, and Equipment, in violation of Articles 13 and 12 fraction IX of the Law and 32 and 33 fraction IV of its Regulations.

Tolmex: reprimand and fine of 108,570 pesos

In case file DGSP/DELC/PAS/015/2025, resolved on July 9, 2025 and signed on October 9, 2026, the agency sanctioned Tolmex Seguridad Privada y Traslado de Valores with two measures: a reprimand with public dissemination, provided for in Article 42 fraction I of the Law and 60 fraction I of its Regulations, and a minimum fine of one thousand UMA, pursuant to Article 42 fraction II.

The pecuniary sanction was set using the UMA in effect in the year the infraction was committed, 2024, of 108.57 pesos, for a total of 108,570.00 pesos (one hundred eight thousand five hundred seventy pesos 00/100 M.N.).

Six non-compliances detected during verification

The resolution lists the faults that motivated the fine:

• Failed to prove the provision of services in the authorized modality.
• Failed to designate the person in charge of its main office and their position, although the non-compliance was subsequently rectified.
• Failed to register the hiring of one executive member and two administrative members—an irregularity rectified after the verification visit—and the hiring of ten operational members.
• Failed to report the status of its inventory regarding the quantity of uniforms used.
• Failed to present the medical, psychological, and toxicological examinations to the General Directorate for the registration of operational personnel.
• Failed to prove that its operational personnel wore their identification cards during working hours and that these met all regulatory requirements.

These conducts were linked to Articles 12 fractions X and XI, 13, 28 fraction III, and 32 fractions I, VI, XVI, and XXV of the Federal Private Security Law, as well as Articles 19 fraction VI, 23 fraction XII, 28 fraction IV, 32, 33 fraction IV, 47, and 48 of its Regulations.

The publication is important to anyone hiring private security: personnel records and the presentation of medical, psychological, and toxicological examinations are the minimum guarantee that whoever guards a property or transports valuables is identified and evaluated before the federal authority. Furthermore, reprimands are disseminated on the SSPC website, so that the sanctioning history of both companies is verifiable before signing a security contract.

Source: Official Gazette of the Federation, October 19, 2026, Section I (General Notices), p. 241 (official reference: case files DGSP/DELC/PAS/186/2026 and DGSP/DELC/PAS/015/2025; R.- 581301 and R.- 581303).