Sheinbaum’s approval rating keeps climbing: Monday’s mañanera recapped

At her Monday greeting property conference, President Claudia Sheinbaum spoke astir her sky-high support rating, per the results of a caller poll.

She besides highlighted that the fig of radical successful ceremonial assemblage jobs is presently astatine an all-time precocious and noted that the bulk of cartel figures her authorities sent to the United States past week were arrested during the six-year word of her predecessor and governmental mentor Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

In addition, Sheinbaum spoke astir the United States’ tariffs connected Mexican exports that are scheduled to instrumentality effect Tuesday (see MND’s study here) and provided an update connected the fig of deportees Mexico has received from the U.S. since President Donald Trump took bureau connected Jan. 20 (see MND’s study here).

Sheinbaum reaches 85% support rating 

A newsman noted that the latest El Financiero paper poll detected an 85% support standing for the president.

Asked what she attributed the precocious standing to, Sheinbaum said “everything.”

“The well-being programs haven’t been suspended. On the contrary, they’ve expanded. People are blessed with the programs,” she said.

Sheinbaum credited her precocious support rating, successful part, to the popularity of payment initiatives similar nationalist pensions for the elderly. (Presidencia)

Sheinbaum besides noted that the fig of radical successful ceremonial jobs has deed an all-time high, arsenic has the mean wage of radical successful those positions.

“At the aforesaid clip determination is economical strength,” she said, adjacent though growth is expected to dilatory considerably this year.

“There is an [economic] plan, which is Plan México,” Sheinbaum added.

The president besides said her authorities has maintained a presumption of “strength” successful its bilateral narration with the United States and volition “always” support Mexico and its people.

“That gives america spot arsenic a government. … In summation determination is nary quality betwixt the radical and the authorities — we are 1 and we are moving for the well-being of Mexico,” Sheinbaum said.

More than 22 cardinal radical successful ceremonial assemblage jobs 

Sheinbaum highlighted that information showed that much than 22.43 cardinal radical were successful ceremonial assemblage jobs and registered with the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) successful February.

“It’s not conscionable a grounds precocious for the period of February, but a historical employment fig successful the country,” she said.

Zoé Robledo, manager of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) shares caller information connected registered ceremonial assemblage workers. (Presidencia)

Earlier successful the property conference, IMSS General Director Zoé Robledo said that the mean regular basal wage of ceremonial assemblage workers had reached a grounds precocious of 619.6 pesos (about US $30).

“This is acknowledgment to the [government] argumentation of expanding the minimum wage, which drives up the basal wage [for ceremonial assemblage workers],” Robledo said.

Mexico’s minimum wage accrued 12% connected Jan. 1 to 278.80 pesos (about US $13.50) per time successful astir of the country.

17 of 29 cartel figures extradited to US were arrested during AMLO’s presidency 

Sheinbaum told reporters that 17 of 29 cause cartel figures extradited to the United States by the Mexican authorities past Thursday were detained during the 2018-24 presidency of Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

“This means that determination were arrests of generators of violence. That is significant,” she said.

Among the cause traffickers (or alleged cause traffickers) detained during López Obrador’s presidency and sent to the U.S. past Thursday was Rafael Caro Quintero, laminitis of the now-defunct Guadalajara Cartel and the convicted murderer of United States DEA cause Enrique “Kiki” Camarena.

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