Overview

• New York Times reporting spotlighted luxury travel and substantial private incomes among Morena figures, citing nearly $4.3 million in private income for Senator Adán Augusto López Hernández and an almost $2,600 restaurant bill in Tokyo attributed to Andrés Manuel López Beltrán, with the party and key leaders not responding to requests for comment.
• At the Zócalo event marking her first year, President Claudia Sheinbaum delivered a unity‑focused speech lauding honesty and warning that anyone who betrays the people will face justice, while invoking Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s legacy.
• Senior Morena figures including Adán Augusto López, Ricardo Monreal and Manuel Velasco were placed behind barriers in second and third rows; Monreal acknowledged they were “fenced in” to avoid past missteps, limiting access to the president before and after her address.
• Senate President Laura Itzel Castillo urged internal self‑critique following the NYT story, reminding members of the party’s leftist roots and cautioning against displays of ostentation.
• The controversy revived attention to Morena’s tightened ethics guidelines adopted in May banning visible luxury, with questions persisting about how effectively those standards are being enforced.