Under Calderón There Was Interference, Deals With Cartels, and Violence Increased: Sheinbaum
Sheinbaum said Calderón’s pacts with the Sinaloa Cartel and unchecked US operations drove homicides up 148%, citing Fast and Furious.
Sheinbaum said Calderón’s pacts with the Sinaloa Cartel and unchecked US operations drove homicides up 148%, citing Fast and Furious.
The former lakebed is a natural flood-regulating reservoir, and building there would have required permanently draining water at enormous cost, Sheinbaum said.
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on the recovery of cultural artifacts, the Pato Merlín family, foreign agencies, security, the El Mayo case, Venezuela, Texcoco, the 2026 World Cup, and AI regulation.
The Sinaloa governor on leave, accused by the U.S. of narco ties, says he gave up his immunity 69 days ago and has no federal protection.
At a disarmament and gun-destruction event with the Catholic Church at the Basilica of Guadalupe, Sheinbaum said citizens have voluntarily handed in 11,679 firearms since October 2024.
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on El Niño, water infrastructure, migrant protection, sovereignty, inflation, Rocha Moya, and foreign interference.
The former United States ambassador to Mexico hit back at President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo after the president accused him of “lying” about the participation of US agents in the operation to detain “El Mayo” Zambada.
After ICE shot dead another Mexican in Houston, Sheinbaum says Mexico will escalate beyond diplomatic notes and its Inter-American rights complaint.
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on a strong economy, formal employment, stable gas prices, the USMCA, housing, Ken Salazar, and attacks against Mexico.
Sheinbaum says the US embassy’s account of El Mayo Zambada’s 2024 capture clashes with a new report of FBI involvement, and demands the facts be clarified.