Could the US send Mexican deportees to El Salvador? Tuesday’s mañanera recapped

Could Mexicans successful the United States beryllium deported to El Salvador and locked up successful President Nayib Bukele’s mega-prison? When volition acapulqueños beryllium capable to get from A to B via a ferry work that traverses Acapulco’s glistening bay?

They were among the questions President Claudia Sheinbaum responded to astatine her Tuesday greeting property conference.

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El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has begun taking custody of definite deportees from the U.S. into a giant, overcrowded, maximum-security situation known arsenic CECOT, oregon the Terrorism Confinement Center.

Here is simply a recap of the president’s March 18 mañanera.

Mexicans deported from US ‘will ever get to Mexico,’ says Sheinbaum

A newsman asked the president whether determination was immoderate anticipation that Mexicans successful the United States could beryllium deported and sent to situation successful El Salvador, arsenic happened connected Sunday to 238 Venezuelans who are alleged members of the Tren de Aragua transgression gang.

Sheinbaum noted that erstwhile the Trump medication announced it would nonstop immoderate amerciable and transgression immigrants to a detention installation astatine Guantanamo Bay, the Mexican authorities sent a diplomatic enactment to the United States Embassy successful Mexico.

She said her authorities sent the enactment to explicit its presumption to the Trump medication that “no Mexican should beryllium sent anyplace but Mexico.”

“They responded to the diplomatic enactment saying that arsenic Mexico was accepting repatriated persons, [deported Mexicans] would instrumentality to Mexico,” Sheinbaum said.

According to President Sheinbaum, Mexico has to day received 24,413 deportees since U.S. President Donald Trump took office. (Gustavo Alberto/Cuartoscuro)

“So we person certainty that immoderate [Mexican] idiosyncratic successful the United States that is deported … volition ever get to Mexico,” she said.

Sheinbaum said Monday that Mexico has received 24,413 deportees — 19,846 Mexicans and 4,567 foreigners — from the United States since U.S. President Donald Trump took bureau connected Jan. 20.

Anti-government bots ‘don’t person overmuch impact’ 

After the national government’s fake quality debunker-in-chief Miguel Ángel Elorza Vásquez denounced the usage of “opposition bots” to onslaught the authorities connected societal media, Sheinbaum weighed successful connected the issue.

“The information is that they don’t person overmuch impact,” she said, noting that she won past year’s statesmanlike predetermination by much than 30 points contempt a lengthy societal media run against her that made usage of hashtags specified arsenic #NarcoCandidata (#NarcoCandidate).

“In immoderate case, it’s precise important to denounce it due to the fact that idiosyncratic is allocating resources [to attacking america connected societal media],” Sheinbaum said.

The grisly find connected March 5 by civilians of a presumed cartel wide extermination campy successful Teuchitlán, Jalisco, inspired vigils crossed Mexico connected Friday and Saturday successful which radical arranged shoes successful metropolis squares to memorialize Mexico’s disappeared. (Galo Cañas/Cuartoscuro)

Recently, the authorities has been attacked connected the X societal media level successful transportation with the Teuchitlán lawsuit involving the find this period of burnt quality remains on with more than 150 pairs of shoes and different discarded idiosyncratic items astatine a spot successful the authorities of Jalisco.

Bots person driven the caller run against the authorities utilizing hashtags specified arsenic #NarcoPresidenteAMLO and #NarcoPresidentaClaudia, according to Elorza.

He said that 20 cardinal pesos (US $1 million) was spent connected “this soiled campaign” successful a play of conscionable 4 days, helium said.

Sheinbaum remarked: “Where [do they get] 20 cardinal pesos successful 4 days successful bid to marque a trending topic, a fake trending topic?”

Aquatic nationalist transport coming to Acapulco 

A newsman asked the president astir the “Maribús” (Sea Bus) nationalist transport task she announced successful January.

A rendering of what the Maribús nationalist transport would look like. It would let crossings betwixt the astir distant parts of Acapulco Bay. (Government of Guerrero)

Sheinbaum said that the Maribús — which volition ferry passengers to antithetic parts of Acapulco and adjacent coastal areas — “will beryllium acceptable this year.”

She confirmed that the task is portion of the long-term, 8-billion-peso hurricane betterment program called “Transforming Acapulco with You.”

“We’re going to inquire the admiral to travel truthful that you spot what the main stops are,” Sheinbaum said, referring to Navy Minister Raymundo Pedro Morales Ángeles.

“First, determination volition beryllium a archetypal signifier that volition beryllium inaugurated this year, and past a 2nd signifier volition come. The navy volition run [the ferry service]. If workers are needed, they’ll beryllium hired,” she said.

By Mexico News Daily main unit writer Peter Davies ([email protected])