Overview

• Responding to questions about a possible 2030 bid, President Claudia Sheinbaum said anyone seeking office must first meet civic duties, including paying taxes.
• Sheinbaum declined to evaluate Ricardo Salinas Pliego’s electoral prospects and said he is within his rights to participate if he follows the rules.
• Salinas Pliego replied on X that he pays his taxes and rejects what he called extortion, reaffirming his commitment to Mexico.
• In a recent interview, the businessman left open the possibility of running in 2030, and social-media polls and opinion columns have cast him as a competitive figure.
• The fiscal case against Salinas Pliego, reportedly totaling about 74,000 million pesos and litigated since 2008, is expected to be resolved definitively by the Supreme Court.