Over the last 20 years, the increasing number of transient deformation observations taking place during the seismic cycle has raised the question of their impact in estimating seismic hazard. Thus, in subduction zones, the role of slow slip events on spatial and temporal inter-seismic coupling variability and on the existence of seismic gaps is a matter of primary importance. We approached this problem by analyzing new geodetic observations and numerical modeling, focusing on the case of Mexican subduction. This area is a relevant target to study these issues thanks to the presence of slow slip events, which are among the largest observed in the world. The geometry of this subduction zone is also very favorable for geodetic measurements. Th...