{"id":19577,"date":"2026-07-31T12:00:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T18:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/miranda-partners.com\/news-and-content\/miranda-intelligence\/foreign-press-chatter\/mis-mexico-foreign-press-chatter-jul-24-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T21:39:42","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T03:39:42","slug":"mis-mexico-foreign-press-chatter-jul-24-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miranda-partners.com\/es\/news-and-content\/miranda-intelligence\/foreign-press-chatter\/mis-mexico-foreign-press-chatter-jul-24-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"MI\u2019s Mexico Foreign Press Chatter \u2013 Jul. 24, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Foreign coverage on Mexico<\/strong><\/h3>

It doesn\u2019t take much to set off a bout of who\u2019s-to-blame between the US and Mexico right now. This week, it was tainted lettuce.<\/p>

The widening outbreak of cyclosporiasis cases in the US has the FDA on the hunt for lettuce zero, putting Mexico\u2019s agricultural industry on edge. The NYT reported on the response in Guanajuato \u2014 the country\u2019s \u201cundisputed lettuce powerhouse\u201d \u2014 where the facilities of California-based Taylor Farms in Doctor Mora are under suspicion, and where locals are concerned about the fallout if the plant is responsible for \u201cturning Americans\u2019 bowels into gurgling time bombs\u201d. Taylor Farms reportedly shut down their Guanajuato processing facility temporarily on Thursday; Mexican health authorities said samples have tested negative for the parasite.<\/p>

The third round of US-Mexico trade talks in Mexico City was the headline economic news of the week. The two parties agreed to another meeting in September, but Reuters quoted sources close to the negotiations who said \u201cthe two sides remain far apart on key issues\u201d. USTR Jamieson Greer has also said the USMCA\u2019s future depends on whether Mexico is \u201cplaying ball\u201d on other areas, such as compliance with the 1944 bilateral water treaty. Reuters reported declining GDP growth forecasts for Mexico in a poll of 32 economists, citing trade uncertainty as a factor making the outlook \u201cnot particularly inspiring\u201d according to Alberto Ramos, head of Latam economics at Goldman Sachs.<\/p>

Bloomberg reported on the Tourism Ministry\u2019s initial data on World Cup visitors, which tallied 3 million foreign arrivals in host cities \u2014 below earlier forecasts of up to 5.5 million. The revenue generated for local economies by the tournament (around 40 billion pesos) also came up short of expectations, but Tourism Minister Josefina Rodr\u00edguez Zamora told the outlet they\u2019re expecting at least a 5% bump in tourist arrivals in the coming months, inspired by the good PR generated during the World Cup: \u201cForeigners were amazed.\u201d<\/p>

The LA Times covered a story that has been mostly ignored by both the press and the Mexican and US governments: the deaths of at least 13 fishermen from coastal Pacific towns in lethal US airstrikes on alleged drug boats. According to locals, the men killed in a February strike off the coast of Nayarit were earning extra cash by transporting gasoline out to refuel cocaine speedboats. A local priest quoted in the piece acknowledged that \u201cthey knew the risks\u201d, but as another fisherman put it: \u201cWhat they did was illegal, yes. But it doesn\u2019t make them terrorists.\u201d<\/p>

In crime news, the big story of the week was the sentencing of 76-year-old Ismael \u201cEl Mayo\u201d Zambada to life in prison in New York and his mea culpa. Zambada pleaded guilty in August 2025 to continuing criminal enterprise and racketeering conspiracy, admitting responsibility for 85 underlying crimes. At sentencing, AP reported that the former Sinaloa Cartel leader expressed regret for his crimes and said the violence should end because \u201cno one wins in a war like this\u201d. He also faces US$15 billion in financial penalties, but prosecutors haven\u2019t yet been able to identify or recover any assets.<\/p>

The Atlantic covered the scandal swirling around BC Governor Marina del Pilar\u2019s leaked phone call \u2014 \u201calmost too Narcos to be real\u201d \u2014 and the wider effort by US law enforcement to pressure Mexican officials into becoming informants, leveraging information gathered from the over 100 alleged criminals transferred north during Sheinbaum\u2019s term.<\/p>

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

On CrashOut this week, Ioan Grillo goes into detail about El Mayo\u2019s \u201clast hustle\u201d that looks likely to keep the wily kingpin out of maximum-security prison, unlike his former partner in crime, El Chapo Guzm\u00e1n. Mexico Decoded unpacked Morena\u2019s nepotism reform passed in 2025 and why the party is implementing it immediately while other parties will wait until 2030. The Mexico Political Economist took stock of the boost to Mexico\u2019s image abroad following the World Cup. And in Materia Gris, Eduardo Garc\u00eda analysed the claim by Sheinbaum and IMSS chief Zo\u00e9 Robledo that only 4,000 hospital beds were added during the \u201cneoliberal\u201d period from 1983\u20132018, noting this understates the real figures \u2014 the public system as a whole actually added nearly 30,000 beds in that period, comparable to earlier decades, though bed additions have indeed accelerated since 2019. And Miranda Intelligence\u2019s daily Substack covered key developments in energy, fintech, public affairs and politics in Mexico.<\/p>