Overview

• Mexico City’s government reported more than 400,000 people filled the Zócalo for the first‑year address, which closed the president’s nationwide tour and ended without major incidents.
• Sheinbaum defended the overhaul to the Ley de Amparo, saying it aims to speed action against money laundering and stop wealthy actors from using amparos to evade accountability and taxes.
• The president asserted a 32 percent decline in intentional homicides over her first 12 months in office.
• Senior Morena figures were moved behind barriers to second and third rows, a staging Ricardo Monreal described as being “encorralados” to avoid a repeat of a prior public misstep.
• Following a New York Times report on luxury spending and high private incomes among Morena figures, Senate President Laura Itzel Castillo urged self‑criticism as Morena governors issued a unified show of support and party deputies backed the SSC’s Oct. 2 protest operation.