Sheinbaum puts her World Cup ticket up for grabs in a nationwide juggling contest: Thursday’s mañanera recapped

Less than 100 days earlier the commencement of the FIFA men’s World Cup, preparations for the quadrennial tourney are ramping up.

On Wednesday, Mexican officials met with FIFA representatives to sermon information arrangements for the tournament, which Mexico volition co-host with the U.S. and Canada, portion connected Thursday greeting President Claudia Sheinbaum announced a contention whose victor volition correspond Mexico astatine the World Cup opening ceremony.

Among different issues discussed astatine the mañanera, Sheinbaum spoke astir the caller decease of a Mexican national who was successful the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Sheinbaum announces contention to triumph her summons to World Cup opener 

Sheinbaum announced that a contention called “Represent Mexico successful the World Cup Opening Ceremony” volition beryllium held to find a young pistillate to correspond her astatine the opening ceremonial and lucifer of the tournament, which volition instrumentality spot successful Mexico City connected June 11.

The victor of the contention volition beryllium fixed Sheinbaum’s summons — No. 00001 — for the opening ceremonial and lucifer astatine Estadio Azteca. The president received the summons from FIFA president Gianni Infantino past August.

The competition, Sheinbaum explained, is simply a shot shot juggling contest.

Mexican nonrecreational shot subordinate Charlyn Corral Ang, seen present demonstrating juggling astatine the greeting property conference, volition service arsenic 1 of the contest’s judges. (Saúl López / Presidencia)

“Young women aged 16 to 25 are going to participate,” she said.

“… What bash they person to do? Dominadas for 1 minute,” Sheinbaum said, utilizing a Spanish-language noun for the juggling of a shot ball.

She said that participants volition taxable their entries via the website mundialsocial.gob.mx, wherever they volition participate a nexus to a YouTube video successful which they are shown juggling a shot shot for 1 minute. Entries tin beryllium submitted betwixt adjacent Monday (March 9) and April 10.

Sheinbaum said that the judges of the contention volition beryllium nonrecreational shot subordinate Charlyn Corral Ang, referee Katia Itzel García and commentator Gabriela Fernández de Lara.

“The champion [soccer shot juggler], whoever is chosen, volition correspond Mexico astatine the World Cup opening ceremony,” she said.

Sheinbaum, who announced past twelvemonth that she would springiness distant her ticket, said that she would ticker the World Cup opening ceremonial — which volition precede the archetypal lucifer of the tourney betwixt Mexico and South Africa — successful the Zócalo, Mexico City’s cardinal square.

“I’ll beryllium present successful the Zócalo watching … with the radical portion a young pistillate represents maine astatine the opening ceremony,” she said during her property league astatine the National Palace, which is adjacent to the cardinal square.

“Why? Because I deliberation that a young pistillate who plays fútbol is simply a large typical of our country,” Sheinbaum said.

President Sheinbaum’s summons volition spell to a young pistillate shot player, who volition correspond Mexico and Sheinbaum astatine the World Cup opener. (Saúl López / Presidencia)

“Very fewer radical volition beryllium capable to spell to the opening ceremony, precise fewer people. So, I’m going to ticker it present with the radical and a young pistillate volition correspond us, correspond maine and the radical of Mexico,” she said.

Later successful the property conference, Sheinbaum said determination was a anticipation that astatine slightest 2 runners-up would besides beryllium capable to be the World Cup opening ceremony.

“Let’s spot if we get different tickets. … We’re moving connected that, let’s spot if we tin springiness [tickets] to 2nd and 3rd place, astatine least,” she said.

Sheinbaum: Mexico sent US a diplomatic enactment implicit the decease of a Mexican nationalist successful ICE custody 

A newsman noted that the Foreign Affairs Ministry (SRE) announced the decease of a Mexican nationalist successful the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and asked the president what accusation she had astir the lawsuit and whether a “formal diplomatic announcement of protest” had been sent to the U.S. government.

Sheinbaum said that a diplomatic enactment was “immediately” sent to the U.S. authorities and noted that authorities are supporting the household of the deceased man, identified arsenic 48-year-old Alberto Gutiérrez Reyes, who was primitively from Veracruz.

“And the mode successful which we record a [legal] ailment … [in the U.S.] is done the family. The [Mexican] Consulate can’t bash it straight owed to ineligible reasons,” she said.

The SRE published a property merchandise connected Sunday, successful which it announced “with heavy regret the decease of a Mexican nationalist portion successful ICE custody astatine the Adelanto ICE Processing Center successful California.”

The ministry said it would “demand an contiguous and thorough probe into the conditions that person led to the deaths of Mexicans successful this agency’s custody, successful bid to clasp those liable accountable and guarantee nary recurrence of specified events.”

The SRE besides said that “given the seriousness of the situation, the Mexican Consulate successful San Bernardino instantly activated its consular extortion protocols and communicated urgently with the authorities progressive to petition elaborate accusation astir the circumstances surrounding the death.”

A Mexican nationalist died portion successful ICE custody astatine the Adelanto detention halfway successful the High Desert, according to Los Angeles Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez.

Hernandez identified the antheral who died arsenic Alberto Gutierrez Reyes of Westlake. She claims helium died successful ICE custody after… pic.twitter.com/lwp50tDA62

— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) March 3, 2026

“Formal requests person been submitted for the deceased’s aesculapian records, custody reports, and each different documentation indispensable to found a afloat and wide relationship of what occurred,” the ministry added.

The Adelanto ICE Processing Center is located astir 145 kilometers (90 miles) northeast of cardinal Los Angeles.

According to L.A. City assembly subordinate Eunisses Hernandez, Gutiérrez “died successful ICE custody aft being denied aesculapian care.”

ABC 7 reported that Gutiérrez Reyes “lived successful L.A.’s Westlake District, according to his family.”

He arrived successful the United States successful 2001 “in hunt of amended opportunities for his family,” N+ Univisión reported.

Gutiérrez’s wife, Patricia Martínez Hernández, told ABC 7 that her hubby had diabetes and precocious cholesterol. She “alleges the [ICE processing] halfway knew this but did thing to help,” ABC 7 reported.

“He would accidental that helium wasn’t feeling well. He wasn’t feeling well. When my lad went to spell spot him Sunday, my lad goes each Sunday, helium would archer me, ‘Mom, dad’s tegument is yellow. His look is yellow.’ Last week, the Sunday before, helium told me, ‘Mom, his eyes are yellow,” said Martínez, whose hubby was reportedly detained astatine the ICE halfway for little than 2 months.

Citing his family, N+ Univisión reported that Gutiérrez began to endure from “serious wellness problems related to the utmost acold and the conditions successful the detention center,” located successful the Mojave Desert.

The quality outlet said that helium mislaid consciousness astatine astir midnight connected Feb. 26 and was transported to the Victor Valley Global Medical Center, wherever helium died aboriginal connected Feb. 27.

Gutiérrez’s decease was the ninth successful ICE custody this year, according to Eunisses Hernandez, the L.A. assembly member. The Associated Press reported Thursday that astatine slightest 9 radical person died successful ICE custody this year, including a Haitian antheral who passed distant this week.

The ICE website presently lone lists 2 deaths successful its custody this year, but the bureau has 90 days to marque nationalist specified fatalities. There were much than 30 deaths successful ICE custody successful 2025, the astir successful much than 20 years, according to the Washington Office connected Latin America.

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