Foreign Secretary and Mexico City Mayor resign to seek nominations for historic run for presidency in 2024 election
- Mexico's Foreign Relations Secretary resigned to enter the primary race for Mexico's 2024 presidential election.
- Mexico City's Mayor resigned to enter the same primary race.
- Both belong to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's Morena party, which will use polling to choose among four presidential contenders.
- The other two hopefuls, Sen. Ricardo Monreal and Interior Secretary Adán López, are expected to resign or ask for leaves by the Friday deadline set by the Morena party.
- Morena will conduct a series of five polls over the summer to decide the party's nomination for the presidential election on June 2, 2024.