Richest Mexico Barons Forced to Heel as Watchdog Grows Teeth

Eduardo Perez Motta, Mexico’s chief antitrust regulator, has seen his staff members get blocked, bullied and even beaten by the companies they’re inspecting.

Perez Motta himself has been hauled in front of federal investigators, accused of bias and kicked out of the meeting that determined one of his agency’s most important rulings. Now, after eight years on the job, the 56-year-old says he’s finally getting what he’s been seeking all this time: cooperation.