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Mexico’s Security Chief Denies Rift With Interior Minister After Viral Video

He cited years of collaboration dating to 2019 as evidence of routine relations.

Overview

  • At a Jan. 11 Security Cabinet briefing, SSPC chief Omar García Harfuch rejected social-media claims of a dispute with Interior Minister Rosa Icela Rodríguez.
  • He addressed a viral clip from an event in Acapulco, Guerrero, that suggested an apparent snub, saying the portrayal was inaccurate.
  • García Harfuch said he has always received support from Rodríguez and added that he is very grateful to her.
  • He noted they began working together in Mexico City in 2019, a relationship that continued into the current federal administration led by President Claudia Sheinbaum.
  • He described daily early-morning Security Cabinet coordination and said they had already greeted multiple times before the filmed moment; the articles report no direct response from Rodríguez.