Overview

• Cervantes told internal party chats on September 7 that he was informed of his separation from the Programa de Formación Política del CEE by the state committee and its president.
• His removal followed August 24 comments at the 'La Chilanguera' forum accusing Morena figures of lying and corruption and warning that the party’s main enemy is internal.
• He cautioned that Morena could lose Mexico City mayoralties in 2027, citing Xochimilco, Álvaro Obregón, Iztacalco and Azcapotzalco as vulnerable.
• The Morena CDMX committee issued a communiqué stating his views were personal, and spokesperson Paulo Emilio García said the case does not constitute censorship.
• Local leaders including Héctor Díaz-Polanco, César Cravioto and Xóchitl Bravo distanced the party from his statements, while Cervantes’ stature as a founder and first Morena CDMX president heightened the dispute’s significance.