Overview

• Javier Alatorre will continue as anchor of Hechos Noche after both TV Azteca owner Ricardo Salinas Pliego and journalist Pedro Ferriz Hijar publicly denied departure rumors.
• Pedro Ferriz Hijar released a video saying he confirmed Alatorre’s status and alleging that Jesús Martínez Cuevas orchestrated the exit narrative as part of an official strategy.
• Ricardo Salinas Pliego used his X account to dismiss the firing claims, defend Alatorre’s position and emphasize that TV Azteca holds a paid IFETEL transmission license rather than a free concession.
• Salinas Pliego charged that the false departure story served as a smokescreen for controversies surrounding Morena, including an arrest warrant for Hernán Bermúdez Requena and criticism over foreign trips by senior party members.
• The episode underscores the influence of media ownership and intermediary actors in managing reputational crises within Mexico’s polarized political landscape.