Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWKBig changes to XE amateur licensing may be coming... Proposal with new regulations, allowing for foreign hams to apply for licenses, plus new XE4 & XE5 call areas on the Mexican mainland. New rules & forms etc. (in Spanish) are in the Propuesta Regulatoria.pdf link at:
I used to get 6-month XE permits in the 2000s, but that stopped in 2013 with a new telecoms law & creation of regulator IFT.
A couple of years ago, there was a new limited permit only for amateur satellites. I never applied for that, and I know of only one foreign ham (a Cuban ham in Monterrey, XE2/CO6LAR) who has this permit.
Will have to see if the end result of this consultation looks like the original proposal published by the new regulator CRT. One can hope...