Overview

• He attended President Claudia Sheinbaum’s First Government Report at Palacio Nacional on September 1 after more than three months away from public events.
• He was photographed in the Patio de Honor greeting deputy coordinator Ricardo Monreal and seated in the sixth row, according to multiple outlets.
• Aristegui Noticias’ reporting, cited by several media, published invoices from The Okura Tokyo showing a 14‑day bill of 1,405,530 yen (about 177,000 pesos) with a nightly package of 60,500 yen and a dinner charge of roughly 47,600 pesos.
• He has said he paid the trip with his own resources after “extenuating” work, claimed a hotel cost of about 7,500 pesos per night, and described the coverage as a politically driven attack.
• After the event he posted official photos on Instagram praising Sheinbaum and, despite internal questions about his absence from organizing tasks, senior Morena figures have publicly defended his work.