{"id":19468,"date":"2026-07-10T12:00:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T18:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/miranda-partners.com\/news-and-content\/miranda-intelligence\/foreign-press-chatter\/mis-mexico-foreign-press-chatter-jul-7-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T21:38:07","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T03:38:07","slug":"mis-mexico-foreign-press-chatter-jul-7-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miranda-partners.com\/es\/news-and-content\/miranda-intelligence\/foreign-press-chatter\/mis-mexico-foreign-press-chatter-jul-7-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"MI\u2019s Mexico Foreign Press Chatter \u2013 Jul. 3, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Top stories on Mexico<\/strong><\/h3>

It was a busy week for The New York Times\u2019 Mexico desk, starting with a report alleging that elected officials (mostly from Morena) are \u201coffering themselves\u201d as informants to U.S. authorities. This set off the predictable chain reaction in Mexico, with President Sheinbaum questioning the article\u2019s veracity and its use of anonymous sources. The report was published in partnership with Puente News Collaborative, which was also behind the bombshell story in the LA Times in April about U.S. prosecutors targeting Mexican politicians shortly before Governor Rub\u00e9n Rocha Moya and nine other officials were indicted.<\/p>

The NYT also reported on the shadow of organised crime in local football leagues in Celaya, where teen players scarred by violence and addiction see the sport as a way out \u2014 and where 14 players and spectators have been murdered so far this year. In contrast to the grim tales in Celaya, the story of an \u201celectrified\u201d nation celebrating El Tri\u2019s advance to the round of 16 in the World Cup highlights \u201ca flicker of collective optimism\u201d (\u00bfy si s\u00ed?) as Mexico prepares to face England.<\/p>

When the football frenzy fades, the economic fallout from the other big story of the week will remain: the US decision not to renew the USMCA trade pact for another 16 years and shift to annual reviews. Bloomberg and the WSJ highlighted the risks of this ongoing uncertainty for Mexico\u2019s economy (40 per cent of its GDP driven by exports), while the BBC described the US decision to continue negotiations and not exit altogether as a least-worst-case scenario. This is similar to the stance adopted by the Mexican government, with Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard arguing there are no \u201cirreconcilable differences\u201d among the three trade partners and that the US would have withdrawn already if it intended to.<\/p>

In crime news, Reuters reported on new US OFAC sanctions against Mexican individuals and entities allegedly linked to fuel smuggling and the CJNG, as well as on recent big cocaine busts in Tlaxcala, which experts say could be an indication of cartels moving drugs to meet surging demand in CDMX during the World Cup. Mexico\u2019s football fans, history \u2014 was it born in Mineral del Monte or in Pachuca? \u2014 and paraphernalia were covered in various outlets and the LA Times reported on the Mexican-Americans who are playing for El Tri this year. The Guardian took a rest from football to profile Culiac\u00e1n native Ricardo S\u00e1nchez Bobadilla, whose satirical cartoon starring two sicarios has been running in local media outlets for nearly 20 years, and who describes the current civil war in the state as the most \u201cvicious\u201d he\u2019s experienced.<\/p>

Blogs destacados en ingl\u00e9s sobre M\u00e9xico<\/strong><\/h3>

The Mexico Political Economist published the second part of a deep dive into the Mexican rail industry and Sheinbaum\u2019s efforts to expand it this week, arguing that the missing ingredient isn\u2019t just more public investment, but more competition in the freight transportation market. Ioan Grillo launched a special series on extortion in CrashOut called \u201cPiso\u201d, starting with a report on Mexico State, which has become a \u201ckey target\u201d for this pervasive crime. In Mexico Decoded, Viri R\u00edos analysed how Morena can learn from the failures of Colombia\u2019s left in its loss to De la Espriella, which she describes as \u201cless a national conversion to the far right than a punishment vote against Petro\u201d. And Miranda Intelligence\u2019s daily Substack covered key developments in energy, fintech, public affairs and politics in Mexico.<\/p>