Sheinbaum Rebukes U.S. Flight Suspension, Strikes Farm Pact, and Cites Ongoing Cattle-Trade Halt

Overview

• President Claudia Sheinbaum rejected the U.S. Transportation Department’s suspension of AIFA–U.S. routes and asked the foreign minister to seek meetings with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy for an explanation.
• Her government reached a deal with protesting farmers that grants 950 pesos per ton in support and creates a Mexican system to order and commercialize maize with reference prices and buyer–producer agreements.
• Officials said there is still no date to reopen U.S.-bound cattle exports halted over the screw‑worm outbreak, noting progress but the need for 100 million additional sterile flies, testing of modular mobile plants, and continued construction of the main facility.
• Mexico is pressing the United States to change maritime operations near its Pacific coast after lethal strikes, and the Navy has not recovered the reported lone survivor as the president urges a return to the previous protocol to avoid sovereignty breaches.
• The government launched the SIDECU care-information platform and detailed a 466.675 billion‑peso allocation for care activities, with IMSS reporting women in Mexico average 41.8 hours of unpaid care work per week—about double men’s time.