In January 1961, Mexican Foreign Secretary Manuel Tello Baurraud, expressed his regret at the death of former Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba.

[1] In November 2014, Mexican Ambassador to Ethiopia, Alfredo Miranda Ortiz, attended the “Africa Regional Meeting” being held in the Congolese capital of Kinshasa.

[6] As a result of strict immigration laws in the United States, many of the Congolese migrants have asked for asylum in Mexico not wanting to return to the DR Congo.

[8] DR Congos's main exports to Mexico include: cases, bags, boxes to store and similar containers; articles of iron or steel, sheets binder mechanisms, electronic integrated circuits, and parts for engines.

Mexico's main exports to the DR Congo include: medicines, malt extracts, discs, tapes, and other media for sound recordings; motors and generators, and fish.