Sheinbaum’s mañanera in 60 seconds

• 🔫 Correspondents’ Dinner shooting: Sheinbaum condemned political violence and said Mexico was the first country to send Trump a solidarity message after Saturday’s shooting at the Washington Hilton.
• 🇺🇸 CIA raid fallout: After CIA officers allegedly joined a drug lab raid in Chihuahua without federal knowledge, the government of Mexico sent a protest note to U.S. Ambassador Ron Johnson in which it said it expects the participation to be a one-time exception.
• ⚖️ Anti-corruption pushback: Responding to a report of a U.S. anti-corruption campaign targeting Mexican officials, Sheinbaum pushed back: fighting corruption in Mexico is Mexico’s job, and Washington should focus on cleaning up its own house.

Why today’s mañanera matters

Early in her press conference, President Sheinbaum was asked about the shooting in Washington, D.C., on Saturday that was perpetrated by a man who allegedly wanted to target U.S. President Donald Trump and other U.S. officials.

Today’s mañanera was also significant as Sheinbaum addressed issues related to the Mexico-U.S. relationship. As usual, the president presented a staunch defense of Mexican sovereignty. However, that sovereignty appears to have been violated this year by alleged U.S. involvement in security operations in northern Mexico without the knowledge of the Mexican government.

Sheinbaum responds to Correspondents’ Dinner shooting 

Asked about the shooting on Saturday at the Washington Hilton Hotel while Trump was attending the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Sheinbaum spoke out against politically-motivated violence.

“We must always oppose violence, especially political violence,” the president said.

“… Democracy is the way to resolve differences,” Sheinbaum added.

“So we can never support a violent act and that’s why we were the first country to put out a message of solidarity [with Trump],” she said.

Qué bueno que el presidente Trump y su esposa se encuentren bien, tras los recientes acontecimientos. Le enviamos nuestro respeto. La violencia no debe ser nunca el camino.

— Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo (@Claudiashein) April 26, 2026

On social media on Saturday night, Sheinbaum wrote:

“We’re glad that President Trump and his wife are fine after the recent events. We send our respect to him. Violence must never be the way.”

‘We hope it’s an exception,” Sheinbaum says of CIA involvement in security operation in Chihuahua 

While speaking about the alleged participation of U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officers in a drug lab raid in Chihuahua earlier this month, Sheinbaum referred to a letter the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent to U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ron Johnson.

“Essentially what we said [in the letter] is that we’re working with very good coordination [with the United States] based on the [security] understanding we reached,” she said.

Sheinbaum noted that the bilateral security understanding is premised on “respect for the sovereignty of both countries.”

“They agree with that. … So what we set out is that the federal government wasn’t aware of the participation of these people [in the operation in Chihuahua] and we hope it’s an exception,” she said.

“That from this time on … the rules of our constitution and the National Security Law are complied with,” Sheinbaum said.

Sheinbaum blames state officials as new evidence shows CIA joined multiple security operations in Chihuahua this year

She said that the U.S. government “agrees” that they need to comply with the Mexican Constitution and Mexican laws. Sheinbaum subsequently expressed confidence that U.S. participation in a security operation on Mexican soil won’t be repeated.

According to a report published by The Los Angeles Times last week, CIA operatives have joined authorities in Chihuahua in operations against drug targets on at least three occasions this year.

Sheinbaum has assigned most of the blame for the apparently secret, allegedly illegal security collaboration between Chihuahua and the United States to the Chihuahua government, although she also stressed that U.S. authorities have questions to answer.

Sheinbaum: Mexican authorities are responsible for the fight against corruption in Mexico 

A reporter asked the president about a Los Angeles Times report published on Sunday under the headline “U.S. may soon target Mexican politicians in anti-corruption campaign.”

Citing “sources familiar with the bilateral relationship,” the L.A. Times reported that anti-corruption remarks made by Ambassador Johnson in Sinaloa last week “mark the launching … of a wide-ranging anti-corruption campaign by the Trump administration targeting Mexican officials suspected of having links to organized crime.”

Sheinbaum stressed that “the fight against corruption” in Mexico is the responsibility of the Mexican government, the Federal Attorney General’s Office and state Attorney General’s Offices.

She suggested that the U.S. government should concern itself with combating corruption in the United States.

“[Corruption] is not just a matter for Mexico,” Sheinbaum said.