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Interior Minister Rosa Icela Rodríguez Tells Senate Government Has No Criminal Pacts, Vows Consequences

She highlighted official data showing a 45.6% drop in high-impact crimes since 2018.

Overview

  • Her appearance opened the Senate’s review of President Claudia Sheinbaum’s first annual report, where she asserted peace and governability.
  • She reported that 13.4 million people left poverty over the past six years, presenting the figure as a key social outcome.
  • She announced plans to update the Federal Gaming and Raffles Law and to advance measures that bolster legal certainty and punish money laundering.
  • Pressed by opposition senators over alleged fuel-tax smuggling, she said investigations continue and more arrests are expected.
  • She said the government is meeting families of the disappeared, reporting that more than 450 people and collectives have been received.