Sheinbaum calls for speedy investigation into deadly December train crash: Thursday’s mañanera recapped

President Claudia Sheinbaum held her Thursday greeting property league successful Cuernavaca, superior of the authorities of Morelos.

At the opening of her mañanera, Sheinbaum commented that it wasn’t arsenic lukewarm arsenic she expected it to beryllium successful the “City of Eternal Spring,” which sits astatine a little altitude than adjacent Mexico City.

After presentations from information officials, including a reappraisal of the 2025 homicide numbers, the president opened the level to reporters.

What is the government’s main information goal?

After the presumption of information that showed that homicides declined 30% successful 2025, a newsman asked the president what the government’s “main” information extremity was for its six-year term.

Sheinbaum responded that it was “difficult” to acceptable a numerical extremity for the simplification successful transgression and unit her authorities is seeking, but stressed that its “commitment” is to trim the incidence of homicides and different offenses each twelvemonth it is successful office.

“Every period and each twelvemonth we’re going to proceed to trim [crime], not conscionable homicides, but besides a batch of offenses that are known arsenic spot crimes, which impact citizens a lot,” she said.

Mexico’s extortion crisis

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“Vehicle theft. Violent crimes successful particular; convulsive burglaries of homes,” Sheinbaum said.

She stressed that national authorities would enactment with their authorities counterparts to trim crime, including extortion.

During a gathering past period with authorities governors, the Mexico City politician and national information officials, Sheinbaum pleaded for a concerted effort to combat extortion, the 1 “high-impact crime” that has not been curtailed since she took bureau successful October 2024.

The combat against the transgression is present supported by a nationalist anti-extortion strategy and a caller anti-extortion law.

Government seeking swift probe into deadly obstruction accident 

Sheinbaum told reporters that her authorities has asked the Federal Attorney General’s Office (FGR) for “swiftness” successful its probe into the Dec. 28 Interoceanic Train derailment that claimed 14 lives and injured scores of different passengers.

The mishap occurred successful the authorities of Oaxaca connected the railroad that links Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, to Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, crossed the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. The origin of the derailment has not yet been been definitively established.

New details look arsenic probe of deadly bid mishap inches forward

Sheinbaum said that her authorities has asked the FGR to contiguous the results of its probe arsenic soon arsenic possible.

“Obviously,” she added, the FGR needs to behaviour a “thorough investigation” into the tragedy.

Eleven days aft the accident, the railroad betwixt Salina Cruz and Coatzacoalcos remains retired of action. Passenger and freight trains usually tally connected the line, which was modernized during Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s presidency and has been touted arsenic an alternate to the Panama Canal.

The Mexican Navy is liable for the cognition of the railroad, a information Sheinbaum acknowledged connected Thursday morning.

“It’s portion of the authorities of Mexico,” she said, adding that an security institution and the authorities person the work to supply “comprehensive” compensation to the victims of the mishap and their household members.

Did a Morena lawmaker hide she was carrying 800,000 pesos successful currency erstwhile crossing into the US?

A newsman asked the president astir Alejandra Ang, a Morena enactment lawman successful Baja California who connected Monday was reportedly detained for 5 hours by U.S. authorities astatine the borderline crossing betwixt Mexicali and Calexico, California, for failing to state that she had 800,000 pesos (US $44,500) successful currency successful her vehicle.

Baja California authorities legislator Alejandra Ang. (Baja California State Congress)

U.S. authorities seized the currency arsenic it exceeded the US $10,000 magnitude that tin beryllium taken into the United States without being declared.

In a statement, Ang said that the wealth belonged to her and her hubby and that it was the merchandise of years of redeeming and the merchantability of a vehicle. She said that the wealth would beryllium utilized to acquisition different conveyance and that “by mistake” she didn’t “safeguard” it astatine her location earlier heading to the border.

“I americium attending to the administrative process to explain, papers and retrieve the money,” Ang said.

“… I besides privation to specify that my [travel] documents weren’t taken distant oregon revoked,” she said, seemingly seeking to differentiate her concern from that of Baja California Governor Marina del Pilar Ávila, whose U.S. visa was revoked past year.

Sheinbaum indicated that she was successful favour of an probe into the incidental involving Ang.

“In this case, I don’t person much information, but we’re going to spot if it’s an contented of [interest to] the authorities Attorney General’s Office oregon the Federal Attorney General’s Office,” she said.

Asked whether she had a wide connection for elected officials, the president said they should behave appropriately.

“I’ve said it galore times and I support [the aforesaid view]. It’s a connection for everyone, not conscionable … [the officials] who beryllium to our movement: Power is humility, and 1 indispensable ever behave successful a mode that serves the people, maintaining an honorable life,” Sheinbaum said.

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