Sheinbaum defends Navy’s investigation process after second military death in 1 week: Wednesday’s mañanera recapped

The existent concern of 2 Mexican banks that are accused by the U.S. authorities of wealth laundering and the deaths of 2 members of the Mexican Navy were among the issues discussed astatine President Claudia Sheinbaum’s Wednesday greeting property conference.

Here is simply a recap of the president’s Sept. 10 mañanera.

Intercam and CIBanco are ‘operating normally,’ says concern minister

Finance Minister Edgar Amador told reporters that Kapital Bank has purchased “all the divisions” of Intercam, 1 of 3 Mexican fiscal institutions that the United States authorities accuses of laundering millions of dollars for cause cartels.

The different alleged wealth launderers are CIBanco and Vector, a brokerage firm.

Amador said that the spot part of CIBanco has been transferred to “another institution,” namely Multiva.

In June, conscionable aft the United States publically leveled its accusations against Intercam, CIBanco and Vector, the Mexican authorities took impermanent power of the 3 entities.

Amador said that the “intervention” astatine Vector is proceeding “normally.”

“… Everything is proceeding normally, the outgo system, the banks are operating normally,” helium said.

“… We’re adjacent astir to analyse [the anticipation of] ending the interventions, but everything is proceeding normally,” Amador said.

Mexico fines US-sanctioned banks US $10M for compliance failures

In opposition to the concern minister’s assertion, galore Intercam and CIBanco customers person reported having occupation making planetary transfers to and from their accounts, adjacent though a U.S. prohibition connected transactions betwixt banks successful the U.S. and the Mexican banks has not yet taken effect.

More than 70% of Intercam and CIBanco customers who responded to a Mexico News Daily canvass past period said they weren’t capable to usage their accounts normally.

Sheinbaum said that her authorities hasn’t received thing from U.S. authorities to enactment their accusation against Intercam, CIBanco and Vector.

Amador said that determination is nary “reliable evidence” supporting the assertion that the 3 fiscal institutions were progressive successful wealth laundering for cartels.

Sheinbaum rebukes newsman aft question astir the decease of a marine

A newsman from the paper El Universal asked the president whether it was a “coincidence” that a “marine allegedly linked to substance theft” was killed during a unrecorded occurrence exercise on Tuesday.

The decease of the marine successful Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, came a time aft a navy skipper was recovered dormant successful Altamira, Tamaulipas. The origin of the navy captain’s decease was suicide, authorities said.

The deaths of the 2 navy unit came soon aft a vice admiral and different members of the Mexican Navy were arrested successful a large crackdown connected the amerciable substance commercialized successful Mexico. The deceased navy skipper reportedly benefited from an illicit substance scheme, though Sheinbaum said Tuesday determination was nary “certainty” helium was progressive successful transgression activity.

On Wednesday morning, the president scolded the El Universal newsman for the mode helium framed his question.

“With each respect to you and the media outlet you represent, the mode you’re asking that question doesn’t look close to me, not for the unfortunate nor for what happened,” Sheinbaum said.

“Don’t you deliberation it’s a coincidence?” she said, paraphrasing the newsman and pointing retired the portion of his question that she didn’t hold with.

“An probe has to beryllium conducted. So far, it appears to person been an accident, but an probe has to beryllium conducted,” Sheinbaum said.

“… The archetypal lawsuit was a regrettable suicide,” she said, adding that Attorney General Alejandro Gertz Manero said Tuesday that the navy skipper “wasn’t adjacent linked to investigations” into a substance smuggling strategy successful Tamaulipas.

“His sanction appeared successful the media and this idiosyncratic decided to instrumentality his life. Obviously, an probe has to beryllium conducted,” Sheinbaum said.

“What happened yesterday, until now, appears [to person been] an accident,” she reiterated, earlier telling the newsman that she wouldn’t respond to immoderate further questions connected the matter.

“I’m not going to reply you retired of respect for the victims and the investigation. I already responded, but insisting connected [asking about] specified a regrettable and delicate contented doesn’t look close to me,” Sheinbaum said.

Sheinbaum: 2026 FIFA World Cup not considered erstwhile calculating economical maturation forecast  

A newsman asked the president whether projected gross from the 2026 FIFA World Cup was considered successful the Finance Ministry’s forecast of economical maturation successful the scope of 1.8% to 2.8% successful 2026.

Mexico volition co-host adjacent year’s men’s World Cup with the United States and Canada.

Sheinbaum said that the projected economical stimulus of the World Cup “wasn’t incorporated” into the Finance Ministry’s maturation forecast, which was included successful its 2026 fund proposal.

“We didn’t privation to be, let’s say, excessively optimistic,” she said.

The maturation forecast “essentially has to bash with Plan México, with nationalist and backstage investment,” Sheinbaum said, referring to her government’s ambitious concern policy.

She said that a “very significant” summation successful tourism is expected successful 2026 owed to the World Cup, but reiterated that the projected economical spillover of the lawsuit “wasn’t considered arsenic specified successful the maturation [forecast] for adjacent year.”

“We anticipation that it gives america much [growth], right?” Sheinbaum said.

Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey volition big matches successful the 2026 World Cup, which volition beryllium the 3rd men’s World Cup played connected Mexican pitches.

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