GPS jamming in Mexico today

Last updated: 5 November 2026, 10:18 UTC

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Background

In Mexico, jamming is best documented in cargo theft on the ground. Mexico Business News reported in June 2026 that the Senate was seeking stronger action against online sales of signal jammers, and that a private-security industry association said 81% of the cargo thefts its members registered in 2024 involved signal inhibitors. According to the same report, a 2020 law bans jammers outside authorised security and prison institutions (Mexico Business News, June 2026).

In aviation, El Financiero reported in June 2023 on an IFALPA alert saying several operators had lost GNSS signal in the Mexico City terminal area (El Financiero, June 2023); OPSGROUP wrote that the Mexican authorities had made no public comment (OPSGROUP, July 2023). In January 2026 the FAA told US operators to exercise caution over the Pacific and the Gulf of California within Mexico's flight information region because of military activities and GNSS interference. Mexico's transport ministry said the notice was precautionary and had no impact on civil aviation in Mexico (Mexico News Daily, January 2026). For the reporting on interference in Mexico, and who it is attributed to, see: Americas.

Only hexagons whose centre lies inside Mexico's borders are counted, so hexagons in neighbouring countries and out at sea are left out. The map is framed on 14.5 to 32.7 and -118.4 to -86.7.

Most affected areas

Place	Share affected	Aircraft affected
Northern Mexico	14.3%	2 of 14
Tijuana	12.9%	80 of 620
Northern Mexico	11.1%	2 of 18
Northern Mexico	11.1%	2 of 18

Mexico: with few aircraft, one report can give a hexagon a high share; see the limitations.

By altitude

Mexico: Mostly low altitude: points to local, low-power jammers. How this is read.

Aircraft observations by barometric altitude, latest update
Altitude	Aircraft	Share affected
Below 5,000 ft	1,558	5.4%
5,000 to 15,000 ft	3,367	1.8%
15,000 to 30,000 ft	5,938	0.2%
Above 30,000 ft	15,542	0.2%

Mexico: an aircraft is counted in each layer it crosses, so the rows do not add up.

Nearby

Pages near Mexico: Americas, United States, Canada, Cuba, Venezuela.

Regions. Methodology.

Mexico. Low reported accuracy points to interference but does not prove it, and the map cannot locate a transmitter or say who is responsible. How the map is made.