The consumer defense and the colective actions in Mexico

Abstract

The federal Law for Consumers Protection (Ley Federal de Proteccion al Consumidor, LFPC) created in 1975 the «Procuraduria Federal del Consumidor (PROFECO)» with the main intention to represent to the consumers in a collective way in front of the Justice authorities. However during its 30 years of creation the PROFECO did not represent any group activities until year 2007 in a diverse of judicial procedures where the victims could recover their lost money and were compensated according the Law. Is for this situation that PROFECO has seen in a gently way the modification of Article No. 17 from the Mexican Constitution where the collective action took place instead individual demands to warrant a better justice for all.