Prospects for an Accelerator Program in Mexico Focused on Photon Science

Recent interest in developing Mexican expertise in Accelerator Science and Technology has resulted in several actions by the Division of Particles and Fields in Mexico, and by the electron accelerator community in the United States. We report on the very encouraging activities over the past two years which were aimed at developing a light source as the most effective starting point. We present a number of possibilities to initiate and grow an accelerator science program and present a path that would lead to building, commissioning and operating a third or fourth generation light source in Mexico.