Will Sheinbaum meet Trump at next week’s World Cup draw? Thursday’s mañanera recapped

At her Thursday greeting property conference, President Claudia Sheinbaum fielded questions astir the aboriginal of the national lawyer wide and a imaginable gathering adjacent week with U.S. President Donald Trump.

Among different remarks, she acknowledged that 2 national agents had disappeared successful the authorities of Jalisco.

Is Mexico’s lawyer wide astir to resign?

Amid speculation that the resignation of Alejandro Gertz Manero arsenic national lawyer wide is imminent, a newsman asked Sheinbaum whether Gertz had notified her of his volition to permission the position.

“Up until now, helium hasn’t said that to me,” the president responded.

Sheinbaum acknowledged that she had received “a papers from the Senate,” which is seemingly related to the tenure of Gertz, an 86-year-old erstwhile lawmaker and national information curate who became lawyer wide astatine the commencement of Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s presidency successful 2018.

The president said she is “analyzing” the papers and volition disclose it successful owed course.

The president promised Thursday that she would soon stock much accusation connected Attorney General Alejandro Gertz’s rumored resignation. (Andrea Murcia/Cuartoscuro)

“Tomorrow I’ll beryllium capable to pass you,” she said.

Asked whether the papers was a resignation letter, Sheinbaum responded:

“I similar to analyse it. What I’m reporting is that I received a missive from the Senate of the Republic. I americium analyzing it with the [government] lawyers … and we’ll pass you tomorrow.”

Joaquín López-Dóriga, a salient writer successful Mexico, wrote connected X connected Thursday that it is yet to beryllium decided whether Gertz volition resign oregon petition leave. For years determination has been speculation astir the octogenarian’s health, but Interior Minister Rosa Icela Rodríguez said successful June that the lawyer wide is successful “perfect condition.”

In a file published successful the El Universal paper connected Wednesday, writer Carlos Loret de Mola wrote that conscionable implicit a period agone determination was “an attempt” by the National Palace — the spot of enforcement powerfulness and Sheinbaum’s residence — to regenerate Gertz.

“The volition was to spot idiosyncratic from President Sheinbaum’s interior ellipse astatine the caput of the Attorney General’s Office [FGR], with the purpose of wholly subjugating the cognition of the FGR to … the existent government,” helium wrote.

There appears to beryllium 2 main candidates to regenerate Gertz astatine the helm of the (ostensibly autonomous) FGR: erstwhile Supreme Court main justness Arturo Zaldívar, wide coordinator of argumentation and authorities successful the Sheinbaum administration, and Ernestina Godoy, the president’s apical ineligible adviser.

On Thursday morning, Sheinbaum said that Gertz has done “good work” arsenic lawyer general, and noted that “we’ve coordinated connected galore issues.”

Sheinbaum appears apt to articulation Trump, Carney astatine World Cup draw 

During a World Cup-focused mañanera, Sheinbaum told reporters that she is considering traveling to the United States adjacent week for the 2026 FIFA World Cup last draw, which volition instrumentality spot successful Washington D.C. connected Friday Dec. 5.

“We’re looking astatine whether it’s confirmed that President Trump is going, that the premier curate of Canada is going, and depending connected that, I would be the draw,” she said.

Jalisco Governor Pablo Lemus, Nuevo León Governor Samuel García and Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada presented the authoritative posters of Mexico’s 3 World Cup big cities — Guadalajara, Monterrey and Mexico City — arsenic portion of Thursday’s statesmanlike presser. (Presidencia)

It appears definite that Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney volition beryllium astatine the draw, which volition determine which countries volition play each different successful the radical signifier of the 48-team tourney that volition beryllium co-hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada.

“I’ll beryllium participating alongside President Trump … and the FIFA president,” Carney said connected Wednesday.

Asked whether she would question a gathering with Trump if she travels to the U.S. adjacent week, Sheinbaum archetypal stressed that she has not yet decided whether she volition marque the trip.

She said that if she does determine to go, she and her authorities colleagues would look astatine the “possibility of a meeting” with the U.S. president.

Sheinbaum has not yet met look to look with Trump, though the 2 leaders person spoken connected the telephone connected galore occasions.

Trade and information would apt beryllium the main focuses of a bilateral gathering betwixt the 2 presidents. The Trump medication has imposed tariffs connected a scope of imports from Mexico this year, and the Mexican authorities has been lobbying U.S. officials for months arsenic it seeks to execute amended trading conditions with its largest commercialized partner.

Sheinbaum declines to remark connected the disappearance of national agents successful Jalisco

Asked astir the disappearance of 2 national Security Ministry agents successful Jalisco, Sheinbaum said that Security Minister Omar García Harfuch would study connected the matter.

“It’s a delicate contented and I asked him to report,” she said.

Asked what the missing agents were investigating successful Jalisco, Sheinbaum responded:

“It’s important for the curate himself to say. They are officers of the Ministry of Security and Citizen Protection [SSPC] who were doing their jobs. The Security Cabinet tin supply the details.”

In a connection issued connected Wednesday, the SSPC announced the disappearance of 2 agents who were “carrying retired quality and tract probe enactment for the prevention of transgression and the dismantling of transgression cells successful the authorities of Jalisco,” location to the almighty Jalisco New Generation Cartel.

The ministry said that connection with the agents was mislaid connected Tuesday portion they were traveling to Guadalajara successful an “official vehicle.”

It said that the conveyance was aboriginal recovered abandoned successful the municipality of Zapopan, located successful the metropolitan country of Guadalajara, the superior of Jalisco.

The SSPC said that it was successful “permanent contact” with authorities successful Jalisco and that it was moving with the Mexican Army, Navy and National Guard successful bid to instrumentality “all indispensable actions to find our colleagues.”

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