PAL or NTSC Encoding for Mexico?

I just helped a friend learn how to do movies on a mac who lives in Mexico (Guerrero). It just occurred to me that she may need to encode in PAL down there. Does anyone have any experience with dvd players sold in Mexico and what compressions they read? I thought I could post this and send the string down there for help if needed. This may be one of those questions that need further clarifications. This is all I have for now.
thanks....

According to this website: http://www.webcamsoft.com/en/faq/ntsc.html Mexico uses NTSC.

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