People’s Mañanera February 23
Every day, President Claudia Sheinbaum gives a morning presidential press conference and Mexico Solidarity Media posts English language summaries, translated by Mexico Solidarity’s Pedro Gellert Frank. Previous press conference summaries are available here.
Blow to Crime, with Intelligence and Sovereignty
The Ministry of National Defense (Sedena) reported that the location of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, “El Mencho,” resulted from intelligence operations in Tapalpa, Jalisco. A Sadena statement recalled El Mencho’s criminal history since the 1990s and his status as a priority target, with outstanding rewards offered in Mexico and the United States. Rubén Oseguera, “El Tuli,” was also identified as a key operator responsible for coordinating attacks, roadblocks, and arson, as well as inciting aggression against security forces.
Normalcy, Sovereignty, and Coordination
President Claudia Sheinbaum reported that the country woke up without highway blockades by organized crime, thanks to coordination between federal forces and state governments. She emphasized that the operation was planned and executed exclusively by Mexican federal forces, with U.S. collaboration limited to intelligence sharing. Operational responsibility, Sheinbaum affirmed, rested fully with national institutions.
Over 80% of Weapons Come from Abroad
Minister of National Defense Ricardo Trevilla Trejo reported that more than 80% of the 23,000 weapons seized during the current administration are of U.S. origin, a similar proportion to the arms confiscated in the operation against “El Mencho.” Trevilla Trejo noted that the target’s location was achieved through Military Intelligence, with informational support from the United States.
The Minister stressed that the National Security Strategy is based on four pillars: addressing root causes of crime, strengthening the National Guard, intelligence, and coordination.
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In Five Years, Mexican Parasites Doubled Fortunes
Not due to individual merit, but because of an unjust economic model that depends on the labor of millions and the resources of the entire national territory, warned Oxfam México.
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Imperialism: Bankers, Drug Wars & Genocide
Free trade and privatizations devastated Mexico and produced the workforce, US intelligence services facilitated access to firepower, & US finance capital laundered billions & used drug profits to prop up the capitalist financial system after the 2008 crisis.
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From Below, Punching Up: The People’s Tribunal for Justice in Palestine and the Demilitarization of Mexico Reaches Its Verdict
It was to the tribunal’s great credit to make explicit connections to more local social failures & heighten a collective sense of solidarity between the peoples.
