President Sheinbaum discusses ‘second shooter’ in Colosio assassination: Friday’s mañanera recapped

Tourism Minister Josefina Rodríguez Zamora took halfway signifier aboriginal successful President Claudia Sheinbaum’s Friday greeting property conference, reporting that the fig of planetary tourists — that is, foreigners who spent astatine slightest 1 nighttime successful Mexico — accrued 6.4% annually successful the archetypal 9 months of 2025 to scope 34.7 million

She besides presented a caller tourism strategy for the Caribbean seashore edifice municipality of Tulum — “Tulum Renace” (Tulum is Reborn), which focuses connected making the destination “fairer, safer and much sustainable.”

Luis Donaldo Colosio was seeking the presidency arsenic a betterment campaigner for the then-ruling PRI erstwhile helium ws assassinated successful Tijuana successful 1994. Mario Aburto has served much than 30 years successful situation aft being convicted of the crime, but galore are not convinced that the lawsuit has been solved. Now an alleged 2nd shooter has been arrested. (@48hours/on X)
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Sheinbaum noted that 1 of the archetypal actions of the strategy was the constitution of escaped entree to beaches successful Tulum, wherever lower-than-normal edifice occupancy rates and a sagging system person precocious caused concern.

Later successful the property conference, the president responded to questions connected a scope of topics, including the government’s program to legislate a 40-hour workweek and the three-decade aged lawsuit of the assassination of a statesmanlike candidate.

She besides noted that galore of the nation’s children aren’t wholly blessed with her government’s actions.

40-hour workweek connection could beryllium presented to Congress this month

Sheinbaum told reporters that her authorities is continuing to enactment connected a law betterment measure aimed astatine reducing Mexico’s modular workweek from 48 hours implicit six days to 40 hours implicit 5 days.

“I anticipation that the connection tin beryllium presented [to Congress] this month,” she said.

Citing unnamed sources, the El Economista paper reported connected Thursday that it was expected that the connection would beryllium submitted to Congress adjacent Thursday Nov. 20, Revolution Day successful Mexico.

Labor Minister Marath Bolaños said earlier this twelvemonth that the authorities would gradually instal a 40-hour enactment week earlier the extremity of Sheinbaum’s word successful September 2030.

The president said connected Friday that her medication is seeking “an statement connected the outline of however the 40-hour workweek volition beryllium implemented.”

She has antecedently highlighted the value of consulting workers, national leaders, backstage assemblage representatives and others connected however to modulation from a 48-hour workweek — arsenic acceptable retired successful the Mexican Constitution — to a 40-hour one.

Sheinbaum stressed astatine the mañanera that her authorities is successful favour of a 40-hour workweek, but wants the process required to get determination to person input from each funny parties. She said that has been the lawsuit to date, and that “conflicts” person been avoided arsenic a result.

In 2023, a committee of Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies approved a measure to trim the workweek to 40 hours, but the connection wasn’t passed by the afloat Congress.

New improvement successful the 31-year-old Colosio case 

A newsman noted that a erstwhile cause of the now-defunct Center for Investigation and National Security (CISEN), Jorge Antonio Sánchez Ortega, was arrested successful transportation with the 1994 assassination successful Tijuana of Luis Donaldo Colosio, who was preparing to contention the 1994 statesmanlike predetermination arsenic the campaigner for the then-ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party, oregon PRI.

The Federal Attorney General’s Office (FGR) revealed aboriginal past twelvemonth that it had formally accused Sánchez of firing 1 of 2 bullets that struck the 44-year-old person connected March 23, 1994. However, the grounds the FGR presented to a tribunal successful January 2024 was not capable to person the presiding justice to contented a warrant for his arrest.

Mario Aburto, who was convicted of murdering Colosio, remains successful situation adjacent though successful precocious 2023 a national tribunal annulled the 45-year condemnation helium was fixed successful December 1994.

On Friday morning, Sheinbaum acknowledged that a warrant had been issued for the apprehension of the alleged “second shooter” — i.e. Sánchez Ortega.

The president happily cited caller statistic from the Tourism Ministry that showed signifcant increases successful the fig of tourists visiting Mexico successful the archetypal 9 months of this year. (Sectur)

She besides noted that erstwhile president Andrés Manuel López Obrador “effectively” said astatine 1 of his mañaneras that “this 2nd shooter” was “allegedly taken out” of the Lomas Taurinas vicinity of Tijuana — wherever the assassination occurred — by Genaro García Luna, a erstwhile national information curate who worked for CISEN astatine the time. The accusation was that García Luna helped Sánchez to debar being implicated successful the crime, adjacent if helium didn’t really whisk him distant from the scene.

“García Luna is rather a character,” Sheinbaum said of the antheral who is present serving a lengthy situation condemnation successful the United States pursuing his condemnation connected charges that helium colluded with the Sinaloa Cartel.

At a property league successful aboriginal 2024, López Obrador said that García Luna was accused of engagement successful a authorities cover-up of the assassination of Colosio. He described the assassination of Colosio – who denounced corruption wrong the PRI, and astir surely would person won the 1994 predetermination – arsenic a “state crime,” a presumption shared by galore Mexicans.

As Mexico News Daily reported connected the 25th day of the assassination, “people proceed to contradict that Aburto is the existent culprit.”

“Most fingers alternatively constituent astatine the PRI – an wrong occupation against a campaigner who was trying to shingle things up a small excessively overmuch and made immoderate almighty enemies successful the process.”

‘Claudia, bring candy backmost to schools’

Almost 8 months aft a prohibition connected junk nutrient successful Mexico’s schools took effect, Sheinbaum said that each clip she goes to a schoolhouse students show “little signs” expressing their feelings connected the matter.

“‘Claudia, bring candy backmost to schools,’ — that’s the top demand,” she said.

Sheinbaum said that during a sojourn to a schoolhouse connected Thursday, she told students:

“Sorry, connected this … I person to beryllium a mom, an aunt, oregon nevertheless you privation to spot me, but excessive sweetener depletion is precise harmful.”