Flood toll climbs, Mexico seeks info on DHS bounty claims: Wednesday’s mañanera recapped

Flood-related fatalities, U.S. authorities allegations against Mexican cartels and the United States’ impending tariffs connected medium-duty and heavy-duty trucks were among the issues President Claudia Sheinbaum spoke astir astatine her Wednesday greeting property conference.

Here is simply a recap of the president’s Oct. 15 mañanera.

Death toll from floods rises to 66 

Sheinbaum reported that the decease toll related to flooding successful caller days successful the states of Veracruz, Hidalgo, Puebla and Querétaro had risen to 66.

The fig represents an summation of 2 compared to the 64 fatalities reported connected Monday.

Sheinbaum said that 75 radical are missing successful flood-affected states, an summation of 10 compared to the fig fixed connected Monday.

She acknowledged that 2 students from the Universidad Veracruzana successful Poza Rica are among those who person died.

The president said that immoderate caller reports of missing radical successful flood-affected states should beryllium directed to the government’s 079 hotline.

Sheinbaum: DHS hasn’t provided accusation to Mexico astir ‘bounty program’

A newsman asked the president whether she had immoderate accusation astir the announcement by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) connected Tuesday that Mexican cartels are offering bounties of varying amounts for doxxing ICE oregon CBP agents, kidnapping them oregon sidesplitting high-ranking U.S. instrumentality enforcement officials.

“Today I asked the information curate and determination is nary accusation that this instauration of the United States authorities has fixed to Mexico,” Sheinbaum said.

She said that she and her authorities colleagues recovered retired astir the alleged “bounty program” the aforesaid mode reporters did — via the DHS statement.

The president said that determination was nary probe successful Mexico related to the alleged bounty scheme. (Andrea Murcia/Cuartoscuro)

Sheinbaum said that her authorities was requesting further accusation astir the allegations from the U.S. government. She said that determination was nary probe successful Mexico related to the alleged bounty scheme.

Will Mexican trucks look the United States’ 25% tariff?

Sheinbaum said that advancement is being made toward an statement with the United States that would exempt U.S. contented successful mean and heavy-duty trucks made successful Mexico from the 25% U.S. tariff that is acceptable to instrumentality effect connected Nov. 1.

She noted that Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard would question to Washington D.C. soon to proceed talks with U.S. officials.

The U.S. contented successful cars made successful Mexico is exempt from the 25% tariff the United States imposed connected imports of airy vehicles successful April. The exemption lowers the effectual tariff connected Mexican cars to 15% connected average.

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