Sheinbaum praises the ‘heroism’ of flood responders: Friday’s mañanera recapped

Before embarking connected a circuit of flood-affected states, President Claudia Sheinbaum held her last greeting property league of the week astatine the National Palace successful Mexico City.

Here is simply a recap of the president’s Oct. 17 mañanera.

Sheinbaum praises ‘heroism’ of Mexicans responding to the flood emergency

Sheinbaum assured Mexicans who person been affected by floods successful Veracruz, Hidalgo, Puebla, Querétaro and San Luis Potosí that they are “not alone.”

“The solidarity of the radical of Mexico is tremendous and the authorities is with them,” she said.

Sheinbaum said that “around 52,000” national and authorities authorities workers are attending to the concern successful flood-affected states. That fig is much than 3 times higher than the fig that appeared astatine 4 p.m. Friday connected the caller authorities website wherever flood-related information is compiled.

After her greeting property conference, the president visited refugees from the flood-ravaged authorities of Veracruz who were taking vantage of a Navy “air bridge.”
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In the fig she cited, Sheinbaum was seemingly including authorities workers called “servants of the nation,” who are carrying retired a harm census successful flood-affected municipalities, arsenic good arsenic doctors and different aesculapian personnel.

The president noted that unit from the Mexican Army, the Navy, the Ministry of Infrastructure, Communications and Transport and the nationalist Civil Protection bureau are among the authorities workers responding to the floods.

“I instrumentality the accidental to convey each of them — our admiration, our respect,” she said.

“The heroism with which they service the colonisation is bonzer — soldiers, marines, nationalist defender personnel, energy manufacture workers, operation workers, doctors, and servants of the nation. It is genuinely remarkable; [they are showing] large dedication and condemnation for nationalist service, and a heavy emotion for the people, due to the fact that yet that’s what drives us,” Sheinbaum said.

“I accidental to them that you are not unsocial … [and that] we volition support supporting everyone … including passim the reconstruction period,” she said.

The president, her authorities and authorities authorities person faced disapproval for their handling of the disaster, particularly successful the authorities of Veracruz, wherever 32 of the 72 confirmed flood-related fatalities occurred.

No grounds that subject information was intercepted, says defence minister

A newsman asked the president and subject officials whether they had been informed astir vulnerabilities successful satellite-transmitted information belonging to the Mexican authorities and military, and to Mexican banks and the state-owned Federal Electricity Commission (CFE).

The question came aft machine scientists from 2 universities successful the United States said successful a insubstantial published this week that, utilizing inexpensive instrumentality installed connected a rooftop successful San Diego, they were capable to observe “unencrypted outer postulation from aggregate organizations wrong the Mexican government, including military, instrumentality enforcement, and authorities agencies.”

Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation Minister Jesús Antonio Esteva Medina uses a representation of Hidalgo to amusement the property wherever the occupation spots are successful that flood-affected state.
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The scientists besides said they were capable to observe unencrypted information belonging to Santander México, Walmart México, the CFE and different Mexican companies.

They said they had disclosed the vulnerabilities that affected the Mexican authorities and assorted companies to Mexico’s National Cybersecurity Incident Response Center, which is portion of the National Guard.

Sheinbaum referred the reporter’s question to National Defense Minister Ricardo Trevilla Trejo.

“All our communications and transmission systems are encrypted. Technically they are each encrypted,” Trevilla said.

“… All are encrypted, each are unafraid means and each are functioning properly,” helium said.

The newsman asked Trevilla however the machine scientists successful the U.S. were capable to intercept subject information if the connection is encrypted.

“They person not entered [military systems]. We don’t person immoderate grounds that they person entered and that they person obtained that information,” helium said.

“I dont cognize what your root is oregon however the survey was conducted,” Trevilla added.

Sheinbaum: New commercialized statement with EU is ‘very beneficial’ for Mexico

Sheinbaum said that Mexico’s caller commercialized statement with the European Union volition instrumentality effect successful aboriginal 2026.

She noted that the modernized pact was “established” respective months agone and that it present “just needs to beryllium formally signed.”

The existing Mexico-EU commercialized statement volition reason and the caller 1 volition instrumentality effect successful February 2026, Sheinbaum said.

She said that “tariffs connected assorted products” volition autumn erstwhile the caller pact enters into force.

“It greatly benefits Mexico successful presumption of exporting products to Europe, some cultivation and manufactured goods,” Sheinnbaum said.

“So it’s precise beneficial for Mexico. We tin contiguous the details 1 time with the Economy Ministry,” she said.

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