Sheinbaum praises navy minister for ‘powerful’ anti-corruption speech: Wednesday’s mañanera recapped

President Claudia Sheinbaum held her archetypal greeting property league of the week connected Wednesday aft focusing connected Independence Day activities connected Monday and Tuesday.

“I was already missing you,” she told reporters astatine the commencement of the mañanera.

Later successful the property conference, Sheinbaum spoke astir a scope of topics, including her history-making Grito de Independencia (Cry of Independence) connected Monday nighttime and an illicit substance lawsuit allegedly involving members of the Mexican Navy.

Sheinbaum: Part of being Mexico’s archetypal presidenta is recognizing nation’s pistillate humanities figures 

A newsman asked the president astir the Cry of Independence she delivered astatine Mexico City’s cardinal square, the Zócalo, connected Monday night. He specifically wanted to cognize the crushed wherefore Sheinbaum wished “long life” to Mexican independency heroines who hadn’t antecedently been mentioned successful statesmanlike Cries of Independence.

The president recalled that erstwhile she was successful superior schoolhouse the lone independency heroine she was taught astir was Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez.

“And successful the pursuing periods of past [we learned about] determination were nary women. It seemed arsenic though determination were lone heroes and that determination hadn’t been women successful the past of Mexico who had an important oregon predominant relation successful the historical struggles oregon heroic deeds of our country,” she said.

“Part of being the archetypal pistillate president has to bash with recovering and recognizing the women successful the past of Mexico,” Sheinbaum said.

In archetypal ‘Grito’ arsenic president, Sheinbaum honors Mexico’s heroines of Independence

“Why is it truthful important? First we’d person to ask, wherefore weren’t [women] mentioned? Why weren’t the heroines recognized. It was a precise masculine, precise macho presumption of history,” she said.

“Secondly, what did it mean to a miss that lone heroes were mentioned? Well, you thought that determination were lone men successful past who had had an important role,” Sheinbaum said.

“You didn’t spot yourself [in Mexico’s humanities figures],” she said.

“… So it’s precise important to admit the heroines,” Sheinbaum added.

Illegal substance and the navy minister’s ‘very almighty speech’

A newsman asked Mexico’s president astir what helium described arsenic a “very almighty speech” made by Navy Minister Raymundo Pedro Morales Ángeles astatine an Independence Day subject parade lawsuit connected Tuesday.

Navy Minister Raymundo Pedro Morales Ángeles said successful a code connected Tuesday that it is “absolutely unforgivable” that members of Mexico’s navy participated successful a substance smuggling strategy of this magnitude. (Presidencia/Cuartoscuro)

In his speech, Morales said that it was “very hard to accept” that members of the navy person committed “reprehensible acts” — specified arsenic engaging successful substance smuggling — but asserted that it would person been “absolutely unforgivable” to “keep quiet” astir them.

“The combat against corruption and impunity is simply a cardinal portion of the transformation,” the navy main said, referring to the alleged “fourth transformation” governmental task led by Sheinbaum.

The president didn’t remark straight connected Morales’ speech, but described the navy curate arsenic a “very honorable” and “brave” man.

She subsequently noted that the Federal Attorney General’s Office is liable for investigating a substance smuggling lawsuit allegedly involving members of the navy, including a vice admiral, and a petroleum tanker that was seized astatine the Gulf Coast larboard of Tampico, Tamaulipas, successful March.

It’s “very important” that determination not beryllium impunity, said Sheinbaum, who often asserts that her authorities has zero tolerance for the scourge.

Hernán Bermúdez ‘expelled’ from Paraguay

Sheinbaum told reporters that the Foreign Affairs Ministry was seeking to expedite the extradition to Mexico of Hernán Bermúdez Requena, a erstwhile information curate successful the authorities of Tabasco who was arrested successful Paraguay past Friday.

Bermúdez, who served arsenic information curate during the governorship of Adán Augusto López Hernández, is accused of heading up a transgression enactment called La Barredora.

Bermúdez is apt inactive en way to Mexico, but volition beryllium instantly transferred to CEFERESO 1, a national situation successful México state, upon his accomplishment Wednesday evening successful Mexico City. (SENAD Paraguay/Cuartoscuro)

He refused to hold to a simplified extradition process, creating the anticipation that his transportation to Mexico would instrumentality 2 months oregon longer.

However, Security Minister Omar García Harfuch announced connected Wednesday day that Bermúdez was being transferred to Mexico.

“We admit the steadfast collaboration and enactment of the President’s Office of Paraguay, which notified the determination to expel said person,” García Harfuch wrote connected societal media, adding that the crushed wherefore helium was expelled was his irregular introduction to and beingness successful Paraguay.

Above a photograph of Bermúdez adjacent to a Mexican authorities plane, the information curate wrote that the fishy would beryllium sent to CEFERESO 1, a national situation successful México state, “to proceed his ineligible process.”

On Wednesday morning, Sheinbaum said that Mexico’s National Intelligence Center collaborated with Paraguayan authorities connected the efforts to find Bermúdez, who fled Mexico successful January.

She noted that López Hernández, a erstwhile interior curate who is present the ruling Morena party’s apical senator, has expressed his willingness to collaborate with authorities connected the lawsuit against his erstwhile information curate successful Tabasco.

Sheinbaum noted that the Tabasco Attorney General’s Office is investigating Bermúdez and stressed that her authorities won’t question to intervene successful oregon power the probe successful immoderate way.

“The important happening is [to have] zero impunity,” she said.

“That is precise important. It doesn’t substance if helium was information curate of a Morena governor. Zero impunity,” Sheinbaum said.

Sheinbaum apologizes to reporter

A week aft she rebuked an El Universal writer for the mode helium framed a question astir the decease of a marine, Sheinbaum apologized to the reporter.

Sheinbaum defends Navy’s probe process aft 2nd subject decease successful 1 week: Wednesday’s mañanera recapped

“If helium felt offended oregon thing similar that, I apologize,” the president said.

“In reality, it’s important that determination beryllium … respect for the families erstwhile determination is simply a concern of the decease of a person,” she added.

Sheinbaum scolded the El Universal newsman aft helium asked whether it was a “coincidence” that a “marine allegedly linked to substance theft” was killed during a unrecorded occurrence workout successful Puerto Peñasco, Sonora.

“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,” she said.

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