Sheinbaum responds to opposition senator’s latest accusation: Monday’s mañanera recapped

At her Monday greeting property conference, President Claudia Sheinbaum fielded questions astir 2 high-profile Mexicans who look superior transgression charges, 1 successful the United States and the different present successful Mexico.

She was besides quizzed astir an allegation made against her by 1 of Mexico’s astir salient absorption politicians.

Here is simply a recap of the president’s Aug. 25 mañanera.

Sheinbaum unconcerned by imaginable grounds from ‘El Mayo’ successful US

A newsman asked the president whether determination is “concern” successful her authorities astir imaginable grounds successful the United States from Sinaloa Cartel person Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, who was arrested successful the U.S. past twelvemonth aft arriving successful New Mexico — against his volition — connected a backstage level with 1 of the sons of imprisoned cause lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán.

Later connected Monday, Zambada pleaded blameworthy to cause trafficking successful a U.S. national tribunal successful Brooklyn, New York.

The aforesaid newsman noted that successful February, Zambada demanded to beryllium repatriated to Mexico, and highlighted that helium said successful a missive to the Mexican authorities that helium could origin a “collapse” successful the Mexico-United States narration done his grounds successful the U.S.

Sheinbaum responded “no” to the question astir whether determination was “concern” successful her authorities astir the accusation helium could reveal.

Anything that Zambada says that is related to Mexico volition person to beryllium supported by “evidence” and by the Federal Attorney General’s Office successful Mexico, she said.

“There is simply a procedure,” Sheinbaum said.

🚨 #ÚLTIMAHORA | “El Mayo” Zambada señala que el Cártel de Sinaloa alentó la corrupción en México al pagar a policías, militares y políticos que le permitieron operar libremente en México https://t.co/3H4Wi8dR5e pic.twitter.com/r9S985h1pF

— El Universal (@El_Universal_Mx) August 25, 2025

In tribunal connected Monday, Zambada admitted that the Sinaloa Cartel nether his enactment bribed police, subject unit and politicians.

The New York Times reported that the septuagenarian volition beryllium sentenced to beingness successful prison, noting that helium “pleaded blameworthy to 1 number of taking portion successful a continuing transgression endeavor and 1 number of racketeering conspiracy.”

It remains to beryllium seen whether Zambada volition sanction immoderate of the politicians that helium says colluded with the Sinaloa Cartel, but that presently appears to beryllium unlikely. His lawyer, Frank Perez, said successful a connection that his client’s plea statement doesn’t see immoderate committedness to cooperate with U.S. authorities.

“The statement that helium reached with the U.S. authorities is simply a substance of nationalist record. It is not a practice agreement, and I tin authorities categorically that determination is nary woody nether which helium is cooperating with the United States Government oregon immoderate different government,” Perez said.

In a station to X, Ioan Grillo, a seasoned Mexico-based writer who specializes successful investigating and reporting connected organized crime, wrote:

“I deliberation it’s improbable Mayo volition attest against Mexican politicians (unpopular opinion).

– He is going to dice successful situation anyway.

– He could get amended jailhouse conditions by helping with plus seizures.

– He has household successful Mexico to protect.

– Why instrumentality the stand? (Maybe, I’m wrong)”

Sheinbaum declines to remark connected behaviour of justice who released Julio César Chávez Jr. from prison

A newsman asked the president astir the determination of a justice who ruled that erstwhile satellite middleweight boxing champion Julio César Chávez Jr. could await proceedings connected organized transgression and firearms offenses extracurricular prison.

“It’s what the justice decided, that’s it,” Sheinbaum said.

Later successful her property conference, she said that it was up to the Federal Attorney General’s Office to determine whether to situation the determination oregon not.

Chávez was deported to Mexico from the United States past week and subsequently transferred to a national situation successful Hermosillo, Sonora. He was released from situation connected Sunday.

Like her predecessor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Sheinbaum has, astatine times, been captious of judges for releasing suspects from preventive detention earlier they look trial.

She argued that the judicial elections held successful Mexico successful June were indispensable to escaped the nation’s courts of corruption and different ills.

Sheinbaum’s warfare of words with PAN legislator continues

A newsman noted that National Action Party (PAN) Senator Lilly Téllez was backmost connected Fox News connected the play and accused Sheinbaum of threatening to prosecute her.

During an interrogation connected the Fox & Friends Weekend program, Rachel Campos-Duffy asked Téllez whether she is “afraid for her life” fixed the remarks she has made astir Mexico being a “narco-state.”

Siempre helium denunciando la corrupción, sobreviví a un atentado y continué luchando por la justicia en México.

Se equivoca @Claudiashein

No maine intimida.
Digo la verdad, en defensa de los mexicanos.

Entrevista de hoy, en vivo, muy temprano con @RCamposDuffy en @FoxNews 👇 pic.twitter.com/XLQYtMZFqv

— Lilly Téllez (@LillyTellez) August 24, 2025

“Yes, I americium acrophobic and the president has threatened me, to proceed against maine with transgression prosecution, to get maine retired of the Senate and get maine successful jailhouse conscionable due to the fact that I told you, successful this space, successful Fox News, what is the world of our state with the cartels,” the PAN legislator said.

Asked whether Téllez’s remarks were true, Sheinbaum responded: “No, false.”

A warfare of words betwixt the legislator and the president began past week aft the erstwhile told Fox News that astir Mexicans would invited U.S. assistance successful the warfare against cause cartels.

Sheinbaum subsequently said it was “not a insignificant contented that a legislator gave an interrogation to a overseas media outlet calling for intervention” from the United States.

Téllez responded with a lengthy connection connected societal media, contending she said nary specified thing.

On Monday, Sheinbaum acknowledged that the quality had blown up connected societal media.

She subsequently stressed that her authorities has nary volition to portion Téllez of her legislative immunity (known successful Mexico arsenic the “fuero“) oregon record a transgression ailment against her.

“But it is important that the radical of Mexico cognize who is who and what they say,” Sheinbaum said.

“Now, they’re erstwhile again moving with the ‘narco-government’ thing,” she said, adding that the maneuver failed successful past year’s national elections — which the ruling Morena enactment dominated — “because the radical cognize … [the claim] is false.”

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