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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum dominated headlines this week with a high-stakes security briefing on Monday, February 23, detailing the army's daring operation that killed Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, the infamous Jalisco New Generation Cartel boss known as El Mencho. According to Sky News coverage of her press conference, Sheinbaum was joined by top security chiefs like General Trevilla and Secretary Omar Garcia Harfuch, who revealed U.S. intelligence tipped off Mexican forces on February 20, leading to the February 21 raid in Tapalpa, Jalisco, where El Mencho was wounded, airlifted, and died en route to Mexico City. She praised the armed forces for swiftly clearing over 250 fiery narco-blockades across 20 states by dawn, insisting the priority remains protecting civilians amid fake news chaos on social media, including AI-generated panic from cartel-linked accounts.
The fallout sparked her social media post on Sunday, February 22, via Mexico News Daily, urging calm as cartel thugs torched businesses like a Puerto Vallarta Costco and halted schools, yet she stressed nationwide coordination with states and normalcy elsewhere, hailing the army and National Guard. No major public appearances beyond the briefing surfaced, but business stayed steady with no reported disruptions.
Sheinbaum turned World Cup whisperer Tuesday, emphatically dispelling fears over Guadalajara's hosting amid the riots. El Pais reports her declaring there is no risk to the 2026 FIFA tournament, with every guarantee for fans at venues like Akron Stadium, expecting three million visitors despite the 72 deaths and violence just kilometers away. Times of India and Sky News echoed her vows of federal-local security ops shielding stadiums, hotels, and playoffs starting March 26, aligning with FIFAs confidence in Mexicos infrastructure. She stuck to her hugs-not-bullets roots, telling UNN the hit on El Mencho was no policy shift, just pursuing warrants for peace. Full Fact debunked a viral fake quote tying her to Trump wall taunts, underscoring online misinformation swirling around her.
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