Sheinbaum promises to do justice to a double homicide of government aid: Tuesday Mañanera summarized
President Claudia Sheinbaum discovered The murder of the personal secretary of the mayor of Mexico City, Clara Brugada, and adviser to the government of Mexico City During his Tuesday morning press conference.
During MañaneraThe Minister of Security, Omar García Harfuch, approached the president and showed him something obviously important on his phone. Sheinbaum also received a document which apparently informed him of the armed attack which occurred just six kilometers south of the National Palace.
Expressions of concern and dismay were visible on the faces of various civil servants by learning the terrible news.
Towards the end of the press conference, Sheinbaum announced that it had “very, very important information” to transmit, before reading a statement by Mexico City confirming that the personal secretary of Brugada, Ximena Guzmán Borough of Juárez.
“ We are going to go to the bottom of this situation ”
After reading the statementSheinbaum has carried out condolences to the families of the victims on behalf of the federal government and said that “all the support” that Brugada will be given to him.
“We are going to go to the bottom of this situation and ensure that there is justice,” she said.
“And our unconditional support for Head of government“Said Sheinbaum, using the official title of mayor Brugada.
She said that the two victims “worked in our movement” – the Morena power party for a long time.
“We know them,” added Sheinbaum.
Later in the press conference, a journalist asked the president if the government was aware of the two assistants who received threats.
“We don’t do it,” said Sheinbaum.
“I think we should not speculate and we have no knowledge (that). … They don’t even use security, nothing,” she said.
“… We must see the investigation in order to be able to know the cause (of the attack),” said Sheinbaum.
The news of the double homicide in Mexico City came after García Harfuch provided an update on the progress made in the fight against insecurity in Mexico following The new national security strategy he presented last October.
A “very cordial meeting” with the new American ambassador
Sheinbaum noted that the Ambassador of the New United States in Mexico, Ron Johnson, came to the National Palace with his wife on Monday to present his credibility letter.
“It was a very cordial meeting. We talked about the importance of the relationship of Mexican states … and the importance of having permanent communication, “she said.
Sheinbaum said she and Johnson were talking about trade, migration and security, emphasizing the “very good coordination” between Mexico and the United States.
“We want to maintain this coordination, this collaboration,” she said.
“He was very respectful,” said Sheinbaum, adding that he had recognized the work that his government had done.
“I think it will be a good relationship between the ambassador and the government,” she said.
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The new American ambassador and his wife, Alina Johnson, sent a video message to the inhabitants of Mexico Monday evening.
Ron Johnson said it was an “honor” to be in Mexico to represent US President Donald Trump and the United States people.
“Our relationship with you, with Mexico, is of great importance,” he said.
“… We are more than partners. We are neighbors and friends. … I am here to work with President Sheinbaum and his team on questions of interest such as security, border and migration,” said Johnson.
27 seconds with the pope
A journalist asked the Minister of the Interior Rosa Icela Rodríguez on his “brief meeting” with Pope Leo XIV after his inaugural mass in the city of Vatican on Sunday.
Rodríguez, who extended an invitation to the pontiff to visit Mexiconoted that the meeting was indeed “very brief”.
“It was 27 seconds according to the video I saw,” she said.
The Minister of the Interior invites the Pope to Mexico to the first mass at the Vatican
“I just greet him, I gave him the letter. I said to him:” We brought a letter in the name of the president with an invitation to come to Mexico “,” said Rodríguez.
“And he raised his arms and said,” When? ” And I just smiled and I immediately showed him the gift I took and I told him that it was a Mexican craft and he smiled, “she said.
The Minister of the Interior noted that she had offered the Pope “a silver engraving from the Virgin of Guadalupe” on behalf of the Mexican government.
“He smiled … and I gave my hand to say goodbye. We had already said goodbye but … (then) he said to me: “Please give greetings and blessings to the president And also to the inhabitants of Mexico, ” said Rodríguez.
“… that was all,” she said.
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