Travel to Mexico with US B-1 visa

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Let's ask our good friends at Timatic, which is what the airline will do when deciding whether you can board:

Passport required.

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Passports and other documents accepted for entry must be valid on arrival.

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Visa required, except for Passengers with a valid visa issued by Canada, Japan, USA, United Kingdom or a Schengen Member State for a maximum stay of 180 days. ...

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Visitors not holding return/onward tickets could be refused entry.

Based on this, you should be able to visit for up to 180 days if you have a valid passport, a return ticket, and a valid US B-1 visa. There does not appear to be any requirement to go to the US and get an I-94 first.

You'll wind up with a Mexican FMM form, the cost of which will likely be included in your plane ticket.

Note that if your flight has a layover anywhere between India and Mexico, you'll have to comply with any applicable immigration requirements there as well.

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You should be able to fly directly to Mexico. There's no mention anywhere that US visa holders can only enjoy the visa exemption if they enter from the US, nor that they need an I-94.

(Thanks are due to Zach Lipton, who pointed me to the sources in his comment below).

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