Overview
- Mayor Javier López Casarín asked the Mexico City Congress budget commission for 4,384 million pesos for 2026, an 11% rise over this year.
- He reported 73% execution of the current year’s funds and argued the assigned budget is insufficient for the borough’s needs.
- PAN deputies Claudia Montes de Oca and Claudia Pérez criticized service backlogs and cited an alleged under‑execution exceeding one billion pesos, which the mayor said reflects payments tied to work delivery.
- The borough said the MXÁO‑1 microsatellite is scheduled to launch on November 19 from Vandenberg, California, on a SpaceX mission, describing it as the first developed by a local government in Mexico and Latin America.
- Officials said the alcaldía contributes talent while private and academic partners finance hardware and launch, with the satellite intended to support risk analysis, civil protection, monitoring of ravines, mobility and water management.