NEWS BRIEFS
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Sheinbaum Demands Proof from the US on Alleged Campaign Financing with Fuel Tax Fraud Money
Mexico was never told of the accusation, Sheinbaum says, after the US Treasury sanctioned 11 people and firms tied to the CJNG without sharing proof.
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The United States Did Not Withdraw from the USMCA; They Reported an Intention Not to Renew Under Current Terms: Ebrard
Washington refused to extend the pact past 2036, triggering yearly reviews, but Ebrard says trade stays unchanged for a decade; talks resume July 20.
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Morena Will Apply Filters to Aspirants to Avoid “Undesirable” Candidates: Montiel
Morena will vet aspirants via the security cabinet and treasury’s Financial Intelligence Unit ahead of the 17 governorships up for grabs in 2027.
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SICT Publishes Agreement to Expand the Passenger Train Network in Mexico
“The rail transportation programs will improve the population’s wellbeing by increasing connectivity and facilitating access to goods and services.”
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Tomorrow, July 1, Key Day to Determine the Validity and Review of the USMCA: Sheinbaum
Canada and Mexico have already signed to ratify; only Trump’s position is pending, and the treaty’s ten-year clause means a ‘no’ would not end it tomorrow.
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Crime Is Mexicans’ Greatest Concern, but They Have High Trust in the Government: OECD
An OECD survey ranks Mexico among its top five members for trust in the national government, trailing only Switzerland, Iceland, Norway, and Luxembourg.
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Alleged Suspect in the Murder of Clara Brugada’s Aides Arrested in Morelos
Authorities arrested a suspect linked to the murder of two close aides to Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada in Morelos.
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Mexico Will Be the Fifth Market With Highest Corn Demand and Top Importer in 2035
OECD-FAO projections put Mexico at 10% of all corn traded worldwide by 2035, the widest gap between consumption and domestic production of any major buyer.
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Claudia Sheinbaum Delivers Housing and Settlements of Unpayable Loans in Chiapas
Sheinbaum questioned the housing policy during neoliberalism, that practically canceled the construction of housing to replace it with the granting of unpayable loans that only benefited the real estate developer to the detriment of the beneficiaries.
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Thousand-Year-Old Maya City Discovered in Campeche
Mexican and Slovenian archaeologists used LiDAR to find Minanbé in the Calakmul reserve, with a 13-meter temple and a stela carved with a decapitation scene dated 849.
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Exhibition on Maya Culture Amazes in China
The “most ambitious and largest-scale” international exhibition in the museum’s nearly 10-year history. More than 800 artifacts fill Beijing’s Capital Museum, where curators trace parallels between Mayan, Inca and Chinese civilization.
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25 Experts from the Mexican Red Cross, Dogs, and Equipment Join Rescues in Venezuela
The 25-member team flew out of Toluca with five canine units and 3.5 tons of gear for a 14-day mission, as Venezuela’s quake toll passes 1,430 dead.
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Sheinbaum Inaugurates Plant to Halt the Screwworm in Metapa, Chiapas
Built jointly with the US, the sterile-fly plant drew a $83.8 million pledge from Washington as Sheinbaum framed cooperation over confrontation.
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Venezuela’s Embassy in Mexico Opens Collection Center for Earthquake Victims
Sheinbaum reaffirmed Mexico’s support in a call with Delcy Rodríguez.
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Meeting With Felipe VI Was Achieved Thanks to Spain’s Recognition of the Abuses of the Conquest: Sheinbaum
The King also pledged a session on indigenous peoples at November’s Ibero-American Summit in Madrid.
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Sheinbaum: The 4T Must Fulfill the Commitments It Has Made to Prevent the Advance of the Far Right
“When we reclaim our history with Mexican humanism, from the original cultures to the country’s great transformations, the people identify with it, they recover their historical memory,” she affirmed.
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Mexico City to Pachuca Train Has 37.6% Progress and the Mexico City-Querétaro 20%
Both passenger lines are being built by army engineers and are slated to open next year; Sheinbaum contrasted the rail push with Zedillo-era privatization.
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Today a Team of Rescuers and Medical Personnel Leaves Mexico for Venezuela to Help After Earthquakes: Sheinbaum
The first brigade is made up of 250 soldiers, five dogs, four aircraft, one drone, search and rescue tools, as well as equipment and medical supplies, with more personnel to follow.
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Lazzeri Delivers Copies of His Credentials in Washington as Mexico’s New Ambassador
In his first official act in Washington, Lazzeri named protecting migrants and keeping the T-MEC as North America’s engine among his top priorities.
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Sheinbaum Announces Historic Electricity Expansion Plan of 32,000 Megawatts; 70% of Them from Renewable Sources
The 739-billion-peso plan will lift the public sector to 61% of generation, cut gas dependence, and build the Americas’ largest solar plant in Sonora.
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Pemex and Petrobras Sign Cooperation Memorandum on Exploration, Production, and Transformation of Hydrocarbons
The non-binding, two-year pact grew out of a March proposal by Lula to Sheinbaum; Petrobras eyes Gulf of Mexico deepwater, mature fields, refining, and fertilizers.
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Mexico’s Supreme Court Orders Judges to Review That No Usurious Practices Exist in the Collection of Credit Payments
In two rulings, the Court held that usury violates human rights under the American Convention and must be checked even when the borrower is a company.
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Cuba: Direct Dialogue With the United States, Without Significant Progress
Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Josefina Vidal Ferreiro says Washington answers every dialogue session days later with new sanctions, and warns Havana is preparing for legitimate self-defense against latent US military threats.
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Public University Enrollment Grows by 300,000 Students
From 2019 to 2025, enrollment in public universities in Mexico increased from 3.1 million to 3.4 million students, with spending per student going from 55,511 pesos to 52,426 pesos.
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Government Will Provide 36,000 San Quintín Families With 40,000 Pesos to Improve Their Housing
Beyond the housing grants, the plan regularizes land tenure and launches joint IMSS labor inspections of farms exploiting piecework day laborers.
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Morena, PT, and PVEM Launch Registration Process for Aspirants to 2027 Candidacies
Aspirants from Aguascalientes, Baja California, Baja California Sur, and Campeche register first as the three-party bloc prepares for 17 governorship races.
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Organized Crime Intervention in Mining Sector Under Investigation: Sheinbaum
The president pointed out that those who have proof of such ties should approach the judicial authorities as no formal complaints about threats or crimes have been presented.
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Ken Salazar Revives Allegations Without Proof Against AMLO in Preview of His Memoirs
Biden’s ambassador’s memoir, previewed by Reforma, indirectly suggests López Obrador feared what ‘El Mayo’ Zambada might tell US authorities.
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The Federal Government Has Allocated More Than 55 Billion Pesos to Indigenous Peoples
The funds back 21 regional justice plans, 432 handcrafted roads, direct infrastructure transfers to 19,718 communities, and a 125-million-peso push to rescue 64 indigenous languages.
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Cuba’s Vice Foreign Minister, Josefina Vidal, Thanks Mexico for Systematic Material Aid
Ferreiro conveyed to the Mexican official Havana’s recognition of the support expressed by the Mexican government and society on Cuba’s behalf, particularly through concrete actions of material support.
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Morena to Hold 211 Informational Assemblies in Defense of National Sovereignty
A June-to-August Morena campaign to counter what Sheinbaum has called disinformation around the defense of Mexico’s sovereignty.
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CNTE Agrees to Lift Sit-In in Mexico City; “We Will Return With Greater Strength,” They Affirm
After 19 days, the CNTE recessed its strike against the 2007 ISSSTE Law; Section 22 of Oaxaca approved the pause 12,818-3,594, framing it as a regrouping.
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War Arsenal Seized in Durango with Barrett Rifles, Machine Guns, and Over 39,000 Cartridges
Mexico continues to seize U.S.-made weapons being trafficked into criminal organizations: grenade launchers, tactical gear, drugs, and vehicles, now in FGR custody.
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Government Simplifies 3,497 Federal Procedures; Eliminates More Than 1,700 Bureaucratic Processes
Digital Transformation chief Peña Merino reports 60% progress: gob.mx serves 56M users, Llave MX has 24M digital IDs, completion targeted for Q1 2027.
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Xoco’s General Hospital with Top-Tier Equipment, Has First Mobile CT Scanner in Latin America: IMSS-Bienestar
Alejandro Svarch unveils Xoco’s overhauled ER: a region-first mobile CT scanner, ceiling-mounted X-ray, AI microscope and a smart glass classroom feeding live OR video to surgical residents.
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Secretariat of Health Recognizes Indigenous Traditional Medicine in the National Midwifery Committee
The Health Secretariat revised decree adds INPI, the Indigenous Peoples Council and traditional midwives to the new committee.
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The Conversation on Regulating Screen Use Among Minors Must Be Opened: President
Sheinbaum floats a school-phone ban and a sleep-hygiene jingle, citing screen-anxiety research and TikTok use of 2-4 hours a day by kids she met in Manzanillo.
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Sheinbaum: No Need to Take the Bait on Every Trump Statement, He Has His Way of Communicating
Responding to Trump’s G7 jab calling her a ‘scared’ woman, Sheinbaum declines a personal debate.
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1,000 Security Personnel in Tijuana Guard Iran’s National Team Camp
Mexico is hosting Iran’s World Cup squad in Tijuana after the United States denied them permission to stay on its territory during the 2026 tournament.
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The Blockade Against Cuba Doesn’t Harm Its Government, but Its People; We Will Always Support Self-Determination: Sheinbaum
In one of her twenty calls with Trump, Sheinbaum told him Cuba has already opened its economy and urged him to take that into account.
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Trump Goes Against Mexico at the G7; Accuses Sheinbaum of Being a ‘Scared’ Woman
“Mexico has lost control of its country. The cartels control Mexico, it’s sad. The President is a very good woman, but she’s a very scared woman,” Trump declared.
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Sheinbaum Questions the Relevance of New CNTE Mobilizations; SEP and Segob Keep Dialogue Open, She Says
Asked about the march planned outside the Azteca stadium, Sheinbaum says her Interior and Education secretaries already carry her full authority in CNTE talks.
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National Electricity Coverage Will Reach 99.99% in 2028; It Is an Action of Energy Justice: Sheinbaum
A 21.4-billion-peso plan with 45,182 works will prioritize the Seri people, the Sierra Tarahumara, and other Indigenous and remote communities still off the grid.
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CNTE Will Again Block Reforma, from the Ángel to El Caballito
Day 16 of the national strike: contingents from six states gather at three points, with an afternoon forum on Pensionissste planned.
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Intentional Homicides Fell 46% from September 2024 to May 2026: Sheinbaum
Daily average dropped from 86.9 to 47.3; eight states account for 54% of cases and 28 states saw declines, with San Luis Potosí down 81%.
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Housing for Well-Being Reaches 274,000 Homes Under Construction
First housing program targeting workers earning under two minimum wages; aims for 1.8 million homes and 7 million beneficiaries by end of term.
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CNTE Marches in Chiapas to ‘Keep Up the Pressure’ for Repeal of Education Reform and ISSSTE Law
Section 7 demands Sheinbaum take the negotiating table herself; rejects June 2 counter-proposal and calls for return to IMSS-style solidarity pensions.
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Laura Itzel Castillo Affirms She Will Continue Pushing Sheinbaum’s ‘Feminist Agenda’ at the Women’s Secretariat
She’ll take over after her Senate term ends; the new secretariat has been vacant since Citlalli Hernández left for a Morena leadership role in April.
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No New Talks Between CNTE, Segob, and SEP, Sheinbaum Affirms; ‘Tripartite’ Meetings Are Proposed in the States
Decision comes after CNTE sections voted over the weekend to keep the strike; government points to an August school-by-school Usicamm consultation.
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Sheinbaum Delivers Power Plant; Without the CFE There Would Be No Sovereignty, She Stresses
This is the fifth plant installed in the country to generate cleaner energy, adding 357 megawatts to the General Manuel Álvarez Moreno thermoelectric complex.
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Mayor of San Miguel Amatitlán, Oaxaca, Shot Dead; He Was Attacked Upon Leaving His House
Joel Ángel Bravo Martínez, mayor of San Miguel Amatitlán in Oaxaca’s Mixteca region, was shot dead leaving his home.
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Commissions Approve Impeachment Trial Against Samuel García; NL Congress Gives Him 15 Days to Make a Statement
The Nuevo León Congress approved an impeachment trial against Governor Samuel García over alleged triangulation of nearly one billion pesos.
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Section 22 of Oaxaca in Favor of Continuing CNTE Strike; National Leadership Defines Course of Walkout Today
CNTE’s national leadership meets today to define the course of the strike.
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Delegations from Mexico and the U.S. Meet in Mexico City to Resume Dialogue on Security
Mexico-U.S. delegations met in Mexico City to resume security dialogue; Sheinbaum will press for evidence behind U.S. detention requests on Mexican politicians.
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Hundreds of the ‘Black Bloc’ Clash with Police and Vandalize at the Azteca
Protesters from the ‘Black-bloc’ vandalized shops and clashed with police; UNAM students and CNTE held peaceful anti-FIFA protests.
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Industrial Activity Grew in April After 7% Expansion of the Construction Sector: Sheinbaum
Sheinbaum cites 2.1% industrial growth in April from 7% construction expansion, plus record Mexican exports and three new monthly tourism records.
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‘School by School’ There Will Be Direct Dialogue With Teachers, Not Only With Union Leadership: Sheinbaum
Starting in August, the federal government will consult Mexico’s teachers school by school, bypassing union leaderships, on the elimination of Ussicamm and its alternative.
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CNTE Agrees to Mobilize to the Estadio Ciudad de México During World Cup Inauguration
After failed negotiations with the federal government on ISSSTE pensions, the CNTE teachers union will march to the Estadio Azteca during the World Cup opening.
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Hundreds Enter the Zócalo Fan Fest After Opening Announcement; There Are Long Lines
Hundreds of fans line up on Madero and Simón Bolívar streets to enter the Zócalo Fan Fest, passing CNTE protest tents along the way to the World Cup opening event.
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With Violent Acts, They Seek to ‘Stage’ an Image of Chaos in Mexico: Sheinbaum
President Sheinbaum says recent violent acts during teacher protests aim to stage an image of chaos in Mexico, linking the strategy to Salinas Pliego.
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More Than a War, During Felipe Calderón’s Six-Year Term They Allied with the ‘Narco’: Sheinbaum
President Claudia Sheinbaum accused Felipe Calderón’s government of colluding with the Sinaloa cartel, pointing to the García Luna corruption cases as evidence.
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Mexico’s Exports to the United States Grew 21.1% in April
Mexico’s exports to the U.S. grew 21.1% year-on-year in April, with Mexico holding firm as Washington’s top trading partner ahead of July USMCA talks.
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Authorities Seize 59 Homemade Explosives on Bus Bound for CNTE Solidarity March
Federal and Mexico City authorities seized 59 homemade explosives on a bus carrying students and teachers to a CNTE solidarity march, the Secretary of Interior says.
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CNTE Warns Sheinbaum: Meet Our Demands or We Protest at World Cup Inauguration
With 48 hours to go before the FIFA World Cup opens, the CNTE warns Sheinbaum: meet our pension demands or we will protest at the inauguration.
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‘QRGate’: the PRI’s New Vote-Buying Scheme in Coahuila
Morena says the PRI ran a vote-buying scheme in Coahuila’s Sunday election, with voters paid via QR codes after photographing their marked ballots.
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June 7 Had 28 Homicides, the Day With Fewest Killings in the Last Decade: Security Cabinet
Mexico’s Security Cabinet says June 7 saw 28 homicides, the country’s lowest daily total in a decade. It beats the previous record of 29 set on May 15.
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Public Insurer is the Way to Meet CNTE Demands; 2007 ISSSTE Law Can’t Disappear ‘Overnight,’ Batres Says
Mexican officials offered a gradual path on teachers’ pension demands: full repeal would cost 7 trillion pesos (20% of GDP), so Pensionissste will grow progressively, with August consultations feeding next session’s bill.
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Sheinbaum Drives the First Mexican Electric Vehicle: Olinia 1 to Sell for 150,000 Pesos
Sheinbaum took the wheel at the debut of the Olinia 1, a plug-in with 125 km range that goes on sale next summer as Mexico’s bet on building its own electric vehicle.