Overview
- President Claudia Sheinbaum announced on December 29 that Miguel Torruco Garza will join the SSPC as Subsecretario de Prevención.
- The appointment will be formalized in January 2026 with responsibilities focused on crime prevention using sport and cultural programming.
- The move fills the vacancy created when Esthela Damián Peralta shifted to the Presidency’s legal counsel on December 17.
- The government presents the change as a reinforcement of the prevention pillar within the SSPC under Secretary Omar García Harfuch.
- Torruco, a former federal deputy and sport-promotion official credited with a mass boxing class in the Zócalo, accepted the role and pledged to advance civics, education, sport and culture.