A talk with Pope Leo, and maybe Trump: Tuesday’s mañanera recapped

At her Tuesday greeting property conference, President Claudia Sheinbaum told reporters that her authorities has nary grounds that wealth has been laundered via the transportation of remittances to Mexico.

Sheinbaum besides responded to questions astir imaginable meetings with 2 of the world’s best-known and astir influential men.

Here is simply a recap of the president’s Dec. 2 mañanera.

Sheinbaum: No grounds that remittances person been utilized to launder money 

A newsman noted that incoming remittances to Mexico accrued importantly during Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s 2018-24 presidency, and asked the president whether immoderate Mexican authorities person received accusation astir the planetary transfers being utilized to launder money.

His question came 4 days aft the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued an alert “as portion of Treasury’s effort to forestall the exploitation of the U.S. fiscal strategy by amerciable aliens successful the United States seeking to determination illicitly obtained funds.”

Sheinbaum responded that her authorities has “no evidence” that the maturation successful incoming remittances during López Obrador’s presidency was related to wealth laundering.

She highlighted that determination are astir 40 cardinal first, second, 3rd and 4th procreation Mexicans successful the United States, and, citing Bank of Mexico data, noted that immoderate 15 cardinal radical regularly nonstop remittances to Mexico.

Sending remittances location “has a batch to bash with solidarity, with communal support, with not abandoning each other,” Sheinbaum said.

“I person a sister who has lived successful Los Angeles for 35 years. She doesn’t person to nonstop maine wealth due to the fact that I don’t request it, but she’s ever attentive to my children, always, due to the fact that she’s their aunt. And I tin guarantee you that determination are millions of families similar mine,” she said.

With respect to the reporter’s assertion that immoderate Mexicans are sending ample amounts of wealth to Mexico from Ecuador and Colombia — the world’s biggest cocaine shaper — Sheinbaum said the substance needs to beryllium investigated.

“If successful immoderate lawsuit determination is an amerciable issue, it is investigated and punished,” she said.

Currently, Sheinbaum stressed, “there is nary grounds of wealth laundering” related to the transportation of remittances to Mexico.

If that transgression was detected, authorities would person to “attend to it” and “attack it,” she said.

“But we’re not going to criminalize each those who nonstop remittances, are we?”

In 2023, the Mexican deliberation vessel Signos Vitales said successful a study that astir 7.5% of the much than US $58 cardinal successful remittances sent to Mexico successful 2022 could beryllium linked to cause trafficking.

Insight Crime, a crime-focused deliberation vessel and media organization, wrote successful a 2021 study that “organized transgression groups person agelong exploited … [remittances] to launder ill-gotten proceeds.”

Sheinbaum seeking a telephone with Pope Leo 

A newsman said helium had accusation from the Vatican that Pope Leo XIV would be the inauguration adjacent March of a remodeled Estadio Azteca, a immense stadium successful Mexico City that volition big FIFA World Cup matches successful 2026. He asked Sheinbaum whether she could corroborate that the pope would travel to Mexico City and besides sojourn Tijuana successful aboriginal 2026.

“We don’t person the information,” the president responded.

“In fact, I’m seeking a telephone with the pope, I’m making it nationalist here. We’re seeking a telephone successful bid to person a gathering here,” Sheinbaum said.

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“And remember, helium said a small portion agone that helium would emotion to sojourn the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe,” she added.

Sheinbaum noted that Interior Minister Rosa Icela Rodríguez delivered an invitation to the pope to sojourn Mexico erstwhile she attended his inaugural Mass in May.

“Now we privation to formalize it. But determination is nary accusation yet astir whether helium volition travel to the inauguration of the Azteca. … But we bash privation him to sojourn Mexico,” she said.

Will Sheinbaum be the World Cup gully with Trump?

A newsman noted that U.S. President Donald Trump has confirmed that helium volition be the 2026 World Cup gully successful Washington, D.C. connected Friday, and asked Sheinbaum whether she had decided to question to the U.S. superior for the event.

“I judge we volition pass you tomorrow,” the president said.

Sheinbaum said past Friday that she would be the gully if Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney confirmed they would beryllium present.

Both men volition so 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.

Sheinbaum said connected Friday that if she does determine to spell to Washington for the draw, 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.

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