On Thursday, Sheinbaum responded to Trump's latest cartel warning, denied shielding an indicted governor and announced the departure of another senior official from her administration.

The president asserted on Wednesday that Mexican opposition politicians brought Mayor of Madrid Isabel Díaz Ayuso — who is a fierce critic of Sheinbaum — to Mexico as their "guest" in order "to promote what she thinks."

The ultra-conservative Spanish official's visit couldn't help but be provocative, given her labeling of President Sheinbaum as a "far-left dictator," of the Conquest as a "civilizing force" and of Mexico as a "narco-state."

Montiel, Mexico's former Welfare Minister, replaces Luisa María Alcalde, who stepped down as Morena president to take on the role of President Claudia Sheinbaum's top legal adviser.

Sheinbaum pushed back against what she called a media and right-wing "campaign" linking her government to drug trafficking after last week's indictment of Sinaloa Governor Rubén Rocha Moya and nine other former state officials by the U.S. Department of Justice.

CEO Travis Bembenek makes the case for the MND Sheinbaum Index: a data-driven framework to evaluate the president's real performance — not just her popularity.

What on the surface is a judicial matter has the makings of a possible geopolitical crisis, and has come at a tense time in Mexico-U.S. relations.

Sheinbaum faced an uncomfortable balancing act at Friday's presser: One governor stands accused of allowing illegal CIA operations on Mexican soil, while another faces U.S. drug trafficking charges.

President Sheinbaum questioned the motives behind new U.S. charges that Gov. Rocha Moya and other sitting politicians conspired with the Sinaloa Cartel, promising to defend Mexican sovereignty.

Eighteen months into her term as Mexico's president, Claudia Sheinbaum is making strategic moves to consolidate her power, María Meléndez explains.