Overview

• Segob outlined the next steps with public comment from August 28 to 30 and interviews from August 31 to September 9, which will be viewable on the basescnb.segob.gob.mx microsite.
• Coverage differs on the number advancing, with La Jornada and several outlets reporting 27 finalists while others list 26.
• The Interior Ministry said it will submit the most suitable profiles to the presidency on September 10, after the interviews and suitability evaluations.
• Officials said the finalists were proposed by search collectives, experts and civil society, distilled from 1,214 initial registrations verified through the public call.
• One candidate’s current CNB role drew conflict-of-interest concerns from families, and Segob clarified the call did not bar serving officials; meanwhile, the Senate is moving to seat a National Citizen Council made up of families, rights experts and civil-society representatives.