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Sheinbaum’s First-Year Zócalo Address Draws Opposition Demands for Answers on Alleged Fiscal Scandals

Analysts cast the Zócalo event as a show of authority that consolidates her standing inside Morena.

Overview

  • President Claudia Sheinbaum delivered a mass first‑year report in Mexico City's Zócalo, praising her predecessor and pledging punishment for anyone who steals public funds.
  • PRI Senate leader Manuel Añorve accused her of sidestepping alleged 'huachicol fiscal,' citing an estimate of 177 billion pesos per year, as well as purported losses at Birmex (13 billion) and Segalmex (15 billion) and a claimed doubling of public debt to 20 trillion pesos.
  • An Excélsior opinion column argued that fuel theft during Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s term cost nearly 700 billion pesos, calling the case one of the country’s major corruption scandals.
  • Commentary interpreted the address as an assertion of control within the Fourth Transformation and a subtle distancing from some Morena figures, with Adán Augusto López noted as present as questions about his finances persist.
  • A separate column reported that Sheinbaum and Senate leader Ricardo Monreal moved to correct a retroactive clause in recent Amparo law changes after constitutional concerns were raised.