Mexico: President Sheinbaum announces actions to address the security crisis

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14 

PROGRAM #10959 12:00 PM PT 

Mexico Edition. 

After the assassination of the mayor of a major city in western Mexico, President Sheinbaum announced a series of actions to address the security crisis, including broad dialogue and a peace and justice plan for the state of Michoacán. What does this strategy involve? How are residents in a region long impacted by organized crime responding? In other news, leaders from Pacific Rim countries are meeting in South Korea to discuss trade and economic issues amid the US tariff war and unilateral trade policies. The president of Mexico was absent from the summit as she seeks last-minute bilateral agreements with the US ahead of the USMCA review scheduled for 2026 and as Trump breaks off trade relations with Canada. These and other news are examined in this week’s edition.

Guests: Roberto Zapata Barradas, former ambassador and permanent representative of Mexico to the World Trade Organization, senior partner, Ansley International Consultants, Mexico City, MX; Marcela Roman Valadez, professor at the College of Sciences and Humanities at the National Autonomous University of Mexico-UNAM, and researcher, Tlatelolco Magazine-PUEDJS, Mexico City, MX; excerpts from recent statements by Mexico’s President, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo; Mexico’s Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection, Omar García Harfuch; and Grecia Quiroz, widow of Carlos Manzo and acting mayor of Uruapan, Michoacán.

Photo: Gobierno de México Saúl López/Presidencia

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