Did Sheinbaum watch Shakira’s Zócalo concert? Monday’s mañanera recapped

President Claudia Sheinbaum held her archetypal greeting property conference of the caller period astatine the National Palace successful Mexico City aft visiting Sinaloa and Baja California Sur implicit the weekend.

Here is simply a recap of immoderate of the astir important remarks the president made astatine her March 2 mañanera.

‘Our extremity is ever to reconstruct bid and information for the people, and we’re moving connected that. Mexico is fine.’

Sheinbaum responded to a question astir the reestablishment of bid aft the decease of ‘El Mencho’ triggered chaos crossed Mexico.

“The precise complex, precise difficult, precise bittersweet clip … [came] connected Sunday [Feb. 22]. Sad due to the fact that of the nonaccomplishment of quality lives. And things started to instrumentality to mean connected Monday. Obviously, Jalisco and portion of Michoacán were the astir analyzable [areas]. But things calmed down connected Tuesday. On Wednesday, practically each economic, schoolhouse and societal activities resumed. … Our extremity is ever to reconstruct bid and information for the people, and we’re moving connected that. Mexico is fine.”

The large picture:

There is nary uncertainty that the wide unit triggered by the cognition against Nemesio Rubén “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes inflicted immoderate harm connected Mexico’s planetary reputation. However, the information that the all-pervasive convulsive chaos did not proceed for days connected extremity is simply a triumph of sorts for the Mexican authorities and its information forces. That Mexico City was not plagued by the unrest seen successful different parts of the state is besides significant.

First and foremost, the comparatively speedy quelling of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel’s hostile effect to the decease of their person is important due to the fact that it allowed millions of Mexicans to resume their mean lives, adjacent though insecurity remains a superior occupation successful parts of the country. It besides allowed FIFA to support its assurance successful Mexico arsenic a World Cup host. Had wide cartel unit persisted past week, it would person been overmuch much hard for Gianni Infantino to travel retired successful enactment of Mexico.

Only clip volition archer whether the decease of “El Mencho” volition pb to CJNG infighting and, successful consequence, an summation successful unit successful Jalisco and the galore different parts of the state wherever the cartel has a presence.

‘Practically, 80% of the colonisation agrees with the operation. … The bulk deliberation it volition amended security.’

Sheinbaum addressed a canvass by the paper El Financiero published connected Monday that recovered wide nationalist enactment for the operation, with 82% of respondents standing the government’s actions against El Mencho arsenic bully oregon precise good, and 77% saying they judge those actions were the close call.

Notably, erstwhile comparing respondents interviewed earlier the Feb. 22 cognition to those interviewed aft it, the president’s support standing jumped from 68% to 76% — an eight-point increase. In a abstracted survey conducted by the polling institution De las Heras, 69% of respondents gave the subject cognition against “El Mencho” a standing of 8 oregon higher retired of 10.

Why it matters:

Sheinbaum has maintained a precise precocious support standing passim her presidency, but information flashpoints tin rapidly vessel it. Her standing dropped 9 percent points betwixt May and December 2025 — from a precocious of 83% to 74% — driven successful ample portion by nationalist interest implicit insecurity, with 51% of Mexicans identifying it arsenic the country’s biggest problem.

The polling information suggests that Mexicans not lone welcomed the result of the operation, but credited Sheinbaum’s authorities for it — a meaningful ballot of assurance fixed the gathering governmental unit from Washington and wrong Mexico to dismantle the country’s astir almighty transgression organizations.

‘What matters astir to america is not lone economical growth, but besides much and better-paid jobs.’

This was Sheinbaum’s effect to a presumption by the caput of the Mexican Institute for Social Security (IMSS) connected occupation maturation successful February.

According to Director Zoé Robledo, astatine the extremity of February, determination were 22,527,854 ceremonial jobs registered earlier the institute, representing an summation of 217,000 jobs successful the archetypal 2 months of 2026 and 157,882 successful February alone.

Why occupation maturation is simply a unit constituent for the Sheinbaum administration:

At the extremity of 2025, the Sheinbaum medication reported nett ceremonial occupation instauration of 278,697 — the lowest yearly fig successful a president’s archetypal afloat twelvemonth successful bureau since Vicente Fox successful 2001. Nearly 3 retired of each 4 of those jobs were tied to integer platforms similar transportation and ride-hailing apps, raising questions astir the spot of the underlying labour market.

That makes this year’s archetypal occupation numbers — which bash not see gig enactment — a invited turnaround for the administration.

‘I watched immoderate of it from the window, truthful that nary 1 would spot me.’

A newsman asked the president if she saw Sunday’s escaped Shakira performance successful the Zócalo — which sits straight successful beforehand of the National Palace — to which Sheinbaum responded: “I saw portion of the broadcast. Of course, from here, I could perceive everything. And then, I stood determination for a small portion by the window, truthful that nary 1 would spot me; I was hiding there.”

Reporter: And did you dance?

“No, no. I didn’t spell that far,” Sheinbaum responded. “But truly… The assemblage was amazing.”

@canal_catorcemx #Mañanera360 | La presidenta @Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo destacó la participación de miles de personas que se reunieron en el Zócalo capitalino para el concierto gratuito de @Shakira y celebró el ambiente de alegría y convivencia. “Muy bonito, la gente contenta y feliz, la calidez, la alegría, el amor, el deseo de vivir, eso es México”, expresó la presidenta, y felicitó a la jefa de Gobierno @Clara Brugada y a Grupo Modelo por la organización del evento. ➡️ @Mañanera360 con Miguel Arzate y Arlin Medrano al finalizar la #MañaneraDelPueblo de la presidenta Claudia Sheinbaum 🇲🇽 📆 Lunes a Viernes 📺 14.1 📲 @MxPlus #Zócalo #lmynlwordtour #Shakira ♬ sonido archetypal – Canal Catorce

Later successful the mañanera, the president congratulated the Mexico City government, led by Mayor Clara Brugada, for the event’s organization; Ocesa, for its production; and Shakira, for the music.