Sheinbaum’s mañanera in 60 seconds
- 🚫 No corruption, no exceptions: Sheinbaum pushed back on a question about irregular government contracts, insisting her administration has zero tolerance for improper conduct and that no one in her personal circle — family, friends or past associates — has any sway over procurement decisions.
- 💉 Tainted vitamin drips kill 7 in Sonora: Health Minister Kershenobich confirmed that 10 people fell ill after receiving IV vitamin infusions at a Hermosillo clinic, with the death toll now at seven. Lab tests point to a bacterial contaminant in the drips; the clinic has been shut down and final test results are pending.
- 🔫 Arizona gun shop owner charged: Sheinbaum welcomed the formal U.S. accusation against an Arizona firearms dealer accused of supplying Mexican cartels, calling it a historic first. The Foreign Affairs Ministry is now exploring how to fold the case into Mexico’s existing lawsuit against five Arizona gun stores — a suit filed in 2022 that remains unresolved.
Why today’s mañanera matters
At her Tuesday morning press conference, President Claudia Sheinbaum took the opportunity to underscore her commitment to combating corruption. Her predecessor and political mentor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, was elected in 2018 on an anti-corruption platform and, like AMLO, Sheinbaum holds herself up as an example of rectitude.
Still, more than seven years after AMLO and the Morena party came to power, Mexico ranks very low on Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index.
Tuesday’s mañanera was also noteworthy as the federal government acknowledged two significant recent developments: a healthcare-related tragedy in Sonora and a significant legal case across that state’s border in Arizona.
Sheinbaum reiterates her commitment to combating corruption
Asked about alleged irregularities in government contracts, Sheinbaum said that any improper conduct that is detected must be punished.
Tiene prohibido cualquier servidor público hacer una contratación con alguna persona cercana a mí
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— Manuel Galeazzi (@ManuelGaleazz1R) April 7, 2026
“We don’t tolerate corruption. That has to be made very clear, and there is no impunity,” she said.
Sheinbaum went on to say that no one close to her — “not my children, not my husband, not my friends” — has any influence in decisions related to government contracts.
She said that officials in her government have instructions not to meet with anyone who is personally close to her, or has been close to her in the past.
“Fortunately, my children are dedicated to other things, my mother has an academic career, my relatives don’t participate in any way in actions of this kind,” Sheinbaum said.
“… There can be no influence of any kind for any government contract. None,” she added.
7 people die in Sonora after receiving vitamin drips
Health Minister David Kershenobich told reporters that 10 people became ill after receiving intravenous vitamin infusions in Sonora.
He said that six of those people passed away, two remained in the hospital and two had been discharged from the hospital. According to reports published on Tuesday morning, the death toll has risen to seven.
The vitamin drips were prepared and administered by a doctor at a clinic in Hermosillo, the capital of Sonora.
Kershenobich said that laboratory tests had detected possible evidence of “a bacterial contaminant” in the vitamin infusions that were administered. He said that authorities are still waiting for final results to confirm the cause of the deaths in Sonora. Kershenobich also said that the clinic where the vitamin drips were administered has been shut down by authorities.
Sheinbaum comments on accusation against US gun shop owner
Sheinbaum expressed satisfaction that a gun shop owner in Arizona has been formally accused by U.S. authorities of selling weapons to Mexican cartels.
“It’s great that, really, for the first time, there has been an action of this kind,” she said.
Sheinbaum also said that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is analyzing how it can “incorporate” the accusation against the gun shop owner in Arizona into the Mexican government’s lawsuit against gun retailers in the same state.
In 2022, the federal government filed a lawsuit against five gun stores in Arizona, accusing them of involvement in illegal arms trafficking to Mexico, where criminal organizations use U.S.-sourced weapons to commit a range of crimes, including homicide. Around 3 1/2 years after the lawsuit was filed, the case still hasn’t been resolved.
By Mexico News Daily chief staff writer Peter Davies (peter.davies@mexiconewsdaily.com)
