NEWS BRIEFS
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De las Heras: President Sheinbaum’s Approval Rises to 70% and Morena Also Grows, to 45%
Seven in ten Mexicans back her government and rate her work 7.2 out of 10, while Morena’s lead over the PAN in voting intention reaches 36 points.
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Latinos Brought Trump to Power. He Betrayed Them. Now They Could Sink Him
Activists say ICE raids and unkept economic promises are pushing Latino voters who backed Trump in 2024 back toward Democrats ahead of the midterms.
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EZLN Says the Three Levels of Government Are Trying to Prevent It From Meeting With Searching Mothers in Mexico City
In a communiqué, the Zapatistas say 1,530 members will travel in December to meet families of the disappeared, citing what they call government provocations in Chiapas.
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Mexican Economy Grows 3.2% Annually in the Third Quarter of 2026, Its Biggest Advance in Three Years
Services and industry drove the expansion while agriculture contracted, and the economy has now grown year-on-year for four straight quarters.
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Mexico Saves 159.35 Billion Pesos in Debt Interest Payments Through September
A stronger peso, lower interest rates and refinancing drove the savings, which helped contain the public deficit.
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Sheinbaum Supervises Construction of the Mexico City-Querétaro Passenger Train; “It’s Progressing According to Schedule”
Some 18,500 people are working on the 230-kilometer double-track line, which will link Buenavista to downtown Querétaro in about two hours at up to 180 km/h.
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How the McPRIAN, Salinas Pliego and Others Profited from Carlos Manzo.
His brother accuses the widow’s movement of politicizing the case, as prosecutors tie the killing to CJNG revenge and report 33 arrests one year on.
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“With You I Learned to Do Politics”: Lula Remembers Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas
A stranger in a Houston audience rescued Lula’s 1979 talk by offering to translate. It was Cárdenas, who decades later visited him in prison in Curitiba.
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Passenger Trains and Housing Drive the National Economy, Sheinbaum Says
Mexico’s economy grew 3.2% in the third quarter, beating forecasts of under 1%, as some 2,500 kilometers of new rail lines are built across the country.
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With Mexico’s 1988 Fraud, “Neoliberalism Was Imposed Against the Will of the People”
Sheinbaum singled out Héctor Aguilar Camín and Enrique Krauze, who she says betrayed the Cárdenas movement and now lecture the country about democracy.
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Mexican Deputies Propose 5 Billion Peso Cut to National Electoral Institute for 2027
The money would go to school infrastructure, the environment, civil aviation and the search for the disappeared, without putting the 2027 elections at risk.
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Inés Gómez Mont Arrested in Florida; She Remained a Fugitive for 5 Years
The former Mexican TV anchor and her husband are accused of using fake-invoice firms to divert some 3 billion pesos from the Governance Secretariat under Peña Nieto.
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Mexico’s Foreign Secretariat Responds to Texas: The Border on the Río Bravo Cannot Be Modified by a State Government
Texas claims 66 acres between Laredo and McAllen so U.S. forces can patrol them, though no criminal activity has been confirmed there.
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Trump Doesn’t Want to Bomb Mexico, US Ambassador Says. He Calls for Recognizing the Bilateral Relationship
Ronald Johnson told investors the terrorist label on cartels aims at financial sanctions, and claimed China would welcome chaos in Mexico.
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Giant Zócalo Catrina Achieves Guinness Record and Pays Tribute to José Guadalupe Posada
Clara Brugada said the 33-meter papier-mâché figure mocks vanity and classism, recalling that in death there are no titles, surnames or fortunes.
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Bolivian Attorney General Was Arrested After Investigating Trump-Aligned Operative
“This has been the pattern since [Nixon] in Latin America: selective prosecution, selective use of threats,” Benjamin Fogel says in a report by José Luis Granados Ceja.
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In One Year, Junk Food Was Eradicated From Mexico’s Schools
Education Secretary Mario Delgado says the government has not lost one of the 139 injunctions filed by transnationals, as opposition deputies mocked his TikTok.
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Le Pen Is Misinformed, Sheinbaum Says; “The ‘Mexicanization’ Is the Honesty and Solidarity of the People,” She Asserts
The French far-right leader vowed to stop the “Mexicanization” of France.
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Sheinbaum and AMLO Bid Farewell to Cárdenas: “He Was a Transformer” and “Indispensable Reference Point”
López Obrador broke his social media silence to mourn the PRD founder, as leaders from every party, from Morena to the PRI and PAN, paid tribute.
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Lula Will Visit Mexico, Foreign Secretary Velasco Confirms
The two governments are advancing joint projects, the most important a strategic alliance between Pemex and Petrobras within the limits of Mexican law.
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Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Has Died
He broke with the PRI, had the 1988 election stolen from him through fraud, founded the PRD and became Mexico City’s first elected head of government.
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Denying the Blockade Against Cuba Is US Hypocrisy, Cuban Ambassador to Mexico Eugenio Martínez Says
At Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies, the diplomat said Washington imposes an energy siege, virtually a naval blockade, and pressures countries to change their UN votes.
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Mexico’s Ambassador Vasconcelos Says at UN That Ending US Blockade Against Cuba Is Urgent and Imperative
Citing food and medicine shortages and an energy crisis on the island, Mexico also called for Cuba’s removal from Washington’s list of state sponsors of terrorism.
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Mexico’s Federal and Jalisco Governments Will Invest 25 Billion Pesos to Solve the Water Problem in Guadalajara
The plan builds two aqueducts and renovates a 70-year-old purification plant with no new debt, privatization, or higher water rates, Lemus said.
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Rise of Churches Aligned With Zionism Made Chiapas an Israel-Friendly Zone
Since the Chamula expulsions of the 1980s, evangelical churches have reshaped San Cristóbal, and one is close to Israeli army youth missions in Indigenous schools.
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Mexico’s Exports Grew 37.9 Percent and Imports 33.1 Percent Annually in September
September exports hit a record 77.8 billion dollars, led by a 94.7 percent jump in electronics, and the year-to-date trade balance is now in surplus.
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Lula Invited Me to Brazil After His Electoral Triumph; I Also Invited Him to Mexico, Sheinbaum Says
The two presidents spoke by phone after Sunday’s runoff in Brazil and agreed to meet soon, Sheinbaum wrote on X.
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Sheinbaum Says Amnesty International “Is Co-opted” and Against the Government of Mexico
The president says the group wants to hold events in Mexico after the UN recognized her government’s work, including locating more than 16,000 people.
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Sheinbaum Dismisses Alleged US Memorandum for Greater Collaboration in Mexican Territory
She made clear that US forces cannot operate inside Mexico, a stance she contrasted with the Calderón years, when US agents were allowed in.
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Michoacán Tyrannosaurs, Raptors and ‘Duck-Billed’ Dinosaurs: Mexico Confirms Discovery of 50 Footprints in Apatzingán
Residents of San Juan de los Plátanos reported tracks of “giant animals” in a stream bed, left 65 million years ago in the Late Cretaceous.
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Sheinbaum Expresses Her Joy Over Lula’s Electoral Triumph in Brazil; “It Is a Breath of Fresh Air for Latin America”
Lula came back after losing the first round to Flavio Bolsonaro, and Sheinbaum opened her morning press conference flashing his trademark sign.
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Mexican Governor Maru Hands Out Gifts and Rivers of Public Money to Media and Famous Journalists From Mexico City
Ties from Pineda Covalín, 5,000 tamales and 1.5 million pesos for Adela Micha: Chihuahua’s PAN governments have spent billions polishing their image.
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Jáuregui, Maru Campos’s Former Prosecutor, Is Ordered to Stand Trial for Treason Against Mexico
After 80 years without a similar case, a judge ordered the trial on more than 150 pieces of evidence presented by the Attorney General’s Office.
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Mexico Meets Minimum Annual Water Delivery to the US Despite Extreme Drought
Washington’s Agriculture Secretary confirmed the 350,000 acre-feet, but pressed Mexico to keep delivering and repay the “water debt owed to Texas farmers”.
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Maru Campos Betrays Everyone, Even the President, Morena Leader Says
Ariadna Montiel said Campos broke Sheinbaum’s trust by airing a private talk, and should face treason charges for letting CIA agents into Chihuahua.
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Perception of Insecurity in Mexico Reached the Lowest Level on Record
Since 2018, when it stood at 74.9%, the figure has fallen almost 17 points, though women still feel less safe than men.
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Morena Leader Accuses Chihuahua Governor of Slandering Her: She Represents “Corruption, Privilege, and Disloyalty”
She said Mexico deserves to know who authorized CIA agents’ role in a Chihuahua operation, after Campos linked her to drug trafficking in an interview.
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Maru Campos Assured Me Jáuregui Was Corrupt and a Casino Owner, Sheinbaum Says
Asked who let foreign agents into the Chihuahua operation, Campos told her “it wasn’t me, it was the prosecutor,” in a tense meeting in Ciudad Juárez.
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Federal Government Will Invest Up to 13 Billion Pesos in Water Works for Jalisco, Sheinbaum Says
The state is putting 7.5 billion pesos into a treatment plant, while federal officials seek to fund the rest without debt, avoiding water privatization.
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Mexico’s Pemex Cuts Debt by More Than US$20 Billion and Raises Refining 81% Compared to 2018, Carpio Says
The oil company says its own refineries now supply 87 of every 100 liters it sells, up from 24 in 2018, and plans 1.8 trillion pesos of investment through 2030.
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Sheinbaum Rejects Collusion With Crime; Fires Back That There Was an Alliance Between the PAN and Criminals
She cited the more than 50% drop in homicides as proof and recalled Genaro García Luna, the PAN-era security secretary tied to criminal organizations.
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Digital Revolution Must De-Bureaucratize Mexico’s Social Security Institute, Sheinbaum Says
Ahead of a new wage offer for social security staff, Sheinbaum said a week-long savings review will fund a bigger raise and called workers’ demands legitimate.
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Jáuregui’s Defense Demands That Mexico’s Attorney General Summon Governor Maru Campos to Say What She Knows About the CIA
His lawyer says all the evidence points to the late state investigations chief, and that Campos changed her version of what she knew on Latinus.
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Jáuregui’s Arrest Does Not Close the CIA Case in Chihuahua; Morena Demands Broader Investigations
Morena leader Ariadna Montiel holds Governor Maru Campos politically responsible and says ex-prosecutor Guillermo Zuany must also face justice.
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Morena Accuses Violation of the Secular State Over Award Ceremony for Evangelicals in the Chamber of Deputies
A representative of Israel’s embassy attended the PRI-hosted event, and the group’s founder was arrested in the U.S. for drug trafficking in 2007, Morena deputies said.
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Mexico’s Health Secretariat Exposes Company for Distributing Medicines at Overcharges of up to 60% in the State of Mexico
A firm tied to a TV network won 1.7 billion pesos in contracts to run hospital pharmacies; after new tenders, the government pays 32% less and moves more medicine.
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CIA Agents in Mexico Were Elite: Green Berets, Counterterrorists, Tested in Afghanistan
The two CIA agents killed in a Chihuahua rollover were not drone instructors as claimed: they carried rifles in state raids and had been there since October 2025.
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Trump Asked to Participate in Oil Production, but I Told Him It Can’t Be Done, Sheinbaum Says
Sheinbaum also rejected Trump’s claim that cartels control parts of Mexico, and cited fentanyl crossings down over 60 percent and homicides cut in half.
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Evangelicals, With Support From the Israeli Embassy, Award PRI and PAN Mayors in Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies
The ceremony, held at the PRI’s invitation and broadcast on the Congress channel, also named the Israeli embassy “friendly diplomatic headquarters of the year.”
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The Zócalo International Book Fair Ended; Nearly 2 Million People Attended, Paloma Saiz Says
Its director says booksellers sold like never before and younger readers flocked to the fair, which gave away some 40,000 free books in 10 days.
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Olinia Has the Formula to Succeed in Latin America, Capuano Tripp Says
A call for investors seeks 950 million pesos to found Mexico’s first homegrown automaker, with the state holding 33 to 49 percent and plans to reach other countries of the region by 2030.
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Mexico Demands US Investigate the Death of a Mexican National in Laredo; 18 So Far in the Trump Era
The SRE will file a complaint with the Webb County prosecutor and press for consular access to immigration detention centers after the latest death.
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Mexico on the Verge of Leaving the Hunger Map
The FAO says that while many countries put corporations above the common good, Mexico is doing “the exact opposite”: more than 8 million people left poverty.
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Mexico’s Attorney General Charges Former Chihuahua Prosecutor with “Treason Against the Homeland” for Letting CIA In
Ernestina Godoy says Jáuregui let two CIA agents join a state narco lab raid without authorization, a charge with no public precedent in at least 50 years.
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César Jáuregui, Maru Campos’s Former Prosecutor, Arrested in Relation to the CIA Case in Chihuahua
The CIA operated illegally on Mexican soil without the federal government’s consent; now the Chihuahua officials who allowed it are facing charges.
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US Lifts Restrictions on Mexican Airlines
Washington revoked Order 213-2, imposed in 2025 over cargo flights moved to AIFA, reopening new US routes from both Mexico City airports.
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“Ingeniero,” CJNG Member Who Designed and Built Narco-Tunnels, Falls in Zapopan
The Defense Secretariat says Luis Manuel “N” built drug tunnels into the US from Tijuana and took orders directly from CJNG leader Juan Carlos Valencia González.
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Mexico Does Not Have the Capacity to Confront the Cartels, Trump Says
Speaking at the White House, Trump claimed without evidence that cartels control Mexico and warned they have a deadline to “basically surrender.”
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Mexico’s Secretary of Governance Announces Group of Experts Will Analyze National Registry of the Disappeared
Backed by the UN human rights office, Mexican and U.S. scientists will audit the registry, while 16,003 people reported missing have been located.
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Non-Negotiable Sovereignty, the Basis of Foreign Policy, Foreign Minister Says
Velasco told the Senate that consular staff visit US detention centers 36 times a day and rejected any link between the USMCA and extraditions.
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Mexico Reports 52 Percent Reduction in Homicides; September Registers Lowest for That Month Since 2015
Homicides fell from 86.9 to 42.2 a day, with seven states accounting for nearly half of all killings, led by Baja California and Guanajuato.
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Mexico Increases Seizures of Drugs and Money
The government’s second report lists 70,500 arrests, 569 tons of drugs seized and higher customs revenue, countering Washington’s claim that Mexico must do more.
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New State Prisons “Will Not Be Operated by Private Companies,” Sheinbaum Says
The federal government will fund a prison in each of six states to ease overcrowding, with priority for Sinaloa after recent events at the Mazatlán prison.
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Constitutional Reforms Strengthen the Defense of Mexican Sovereignty, Sheinbaum Says
Elections swayed by foreign interference can now be annulled, and Sheinbaum likened those seeking outside backing to the conservatives who brought Maximilian.
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At the End of the Six-Year Term There Will Be 350,000 New Places for Undergraduate Studies, Sheinbaum Says
The plan includes new high schools and technological institutes, converting middle schools without afternoon shifts, and more Rosario Castellanos campuses.
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Indigenous and Afro-Mexican Communities “Lead the Way” in Analysis for the General Law on Peoples, Sheinbaum Says
The bill was meant to reach Congress on October 12, but consultations are still underway, and it will not be sent until the communities say it is ready.
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US and Mexican Navy Seize More Than 1,200 Kilos of Cocaine off Oaxaca’s Coast; 6 Detained
The boat was intercepted 366 nautical miles south of Huatulco, a hit estimated at 289 million pesos to criminal groups and 2.5 million doses kept off the streets.
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Thousands Demand Clean Water in Jalisco and Lemus Uses It to Repress Them
In Jalisco, governed by the opposition party Movimiento Ciudadano, police met the march with water cannons and tear gas, and protesters reported arrests and two people disappeared.