50,000 Mexicans in the US have requested a Finabien bank card: Wednesday’s mañanera recapped

At her Wednesday greeting property conference, President Claudia Sheinbaum spoke astir the beardown request for a authorities slope paper successful the United States.

Among different topics, she besides discussed the Mexican system and the astir 11-year-old Ayotzinapa lawsuit involving the disappearance of 43 students successful Guerrero.

Here is simply a recap of the president’s July 30 mañanera.

50,000 Mexicans successful US person requested authorities slope paper to debar caller remittance tax 

Earlier this month, Sheinbaum promoted a authorities slope paper that tin assistance Mexicans surviving successful the United States debar the caller 1% remittance taxation connected currency transfers that volition instrumentality effect connected Jan. 1, 2026.

On Wednesday, a newsman asked the president however galore Mexicans already person the Finabien slope card.

Sheinbaum said that astir 50,000 Mexicans person requested the paper “by mail,” but didn’t specify however galore radical person already received it. Distribution of the paper began a week ago.

President Sheinbaum recommended Finabien cards — Mexican authorities slope cards linked to a U.S. slope relationship — arsenic a mode for Mexicans successful the U.S. to nonstop funds without paying the remittance tax, which goes into effect successful 2026. (Rogelio Morales/Cuartoscuro)

Sheinbaum said that the authorities has the capableness to proviso Finabien cards to each Mexicans successful the U.S. who privation one.

The paper can be acquired astatine 53 consulates successful the U.S., by message oregon via integer exertion astatine miconsulado.sre.gob.mx.

Sheinbaum said that astir 70% of remittances from the United States to Mexico are sent electronically by Mexicans who person a slope relationship successful the U.S. oregon “some benignant of card” that allows them to transportation wealth to their families.

She said that astir 30% of remittances are sent via “these tienditas [small stores] that determination are successful antithetic places successful the United States.”

Sheinbaum was seemingly referring to shops, including market stores and convenience stores, wherever radical tin transportation wealth to Mexico utilizing services specified arsenic Western Union.

“They wage successful currency and … say: ‘Please nonstop this remittance to specified and specified place’ … and their families prime it up there,” she said.

“So, for that 30%, we’re giving them the enactment to bash it successful an easier way, electronically done the Finabien card,” Sheinbaum said.

‘The system of Mexico is strong, it’s solid,’ says Sheinbaum 

Sheinbaum noted that the nationalist statistic bureau INEGI reported economical maturation rates for the 2nd 4th of 2025. Mexico’s GDP accrued 0.7% compared to the archetypal 4th of the twelvemonth and 1.2% annually successful seasonally adjusted terms.

Mexico’s system grew 0.7% successful Q2, outpacing analysts’ forecasts

She besides acknowledged that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) raised its forecast for the Mexican system successful 2025.

“They said the system was going to collapse, that it was going to beryllium a 0.3% contraction … and from present we said you are wrong,” Sheinbaum said.

“The system of Mexico is strong, it’s solid,” she added.

The IMF is present forecasting that the Mexican system volition turn 0.2% successful 2025.

Referring to U.S. President Donald Trump’s protectionist agenda, Sheinbaum conceded that “the contented of tariffs” has caused economical uncertainty, not conscionable for Mexico, but for the “whole world.”

“And peculiarly for Mexico owed to the economical integration we person with the United States. But the program we developed is producing results and it volition beryllium adjacent much effectual adjacent year,” she said, referring to the Plan México economical initiative.

Sheinbaum subsequently said portion GDP maturation is “one mode of measuring the economy,” it shouldn’t beryllium the lone 1 “because the maturation of the system doesn’t needfully bespeak bully salaries, well-being of the radical and the simplification of inequalities.”

“And successful Mexico, determination has been a simplification successful poverty, a simplification successful inequality and much well-being for the radical of Mexico,” she said.

Is a breakthrough coming successful the Ayotzinapa case?

A newsman noted that the president met connected Tuesday with parents of the 43 Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers’ College students who disappeared successful Guerrero successful 2014. She highlighted that the parents said aft the gathering that they didn’t spot immoderate advancement successful the probe into the astir 11-year-old case.

Sheinbaum said that the Federal Attorney General’s Office, supported by the national Security Ministry, is moving with “new probe tools” and “new methods” arsenic it it seeks to find the students, of whom the remains of conscionable 3 person been found.

“I deliberation they volition supply caller ways to find the young men and larn the full truth,” she said.

Parents of the 43 missing Ayotzinapa students proceed to advocator for the solution of the case. (Graciela López/Cuartoscuro)

“… I recognize the concern of the fathers and mothers who … are ever looking for their sons, and answers, arsenic well,” Sheinbaum said.

“Of people we recognize their symptom and their situation,” she said.

Sheinbaum said that she hoped to beryllium capable to supply an update connected the probe successful aboriginal September, erstwhile she is scheduled to conscionable erstwhile again with the parents of the students, who were abducted successful Iguala, Guerrero, connected the nighttime of Sept. 26 2014, and presumably murdered.

Over 100 people, including service personnel, person been arrested successful transportation with the case, but nary 1 has been convicted of the crime.

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