Claudia Sheinbaum

Rule Changes

Announced the school cellphone restriction; it took effect November 3

Mexico's ban on cellphones in primary and secondary schools took effect November 3. Students returned from the Day of the Dead break to classrooms and recess without personal screens, and teachers are enforcing the rule.

Updated Yesterday

Force in Play

Has not responded publicly since Trump said on October 26 that Mexico would stop sending oil to Cuba

The United States has imposed economic pressure on Cuba for 64 years. Now, for the first time, Washington is threatening to punish any country that sells oil to the island. President Trump's January 29 executive order creates a tariff mechanism targeting third countries that supply Cuban fuel—a significant escalation that goes beyond traditional bilateral sanctions to coerce allies and trading partners into joining an energy blockade. The strategy has proven devastatingly effective: Cuba's national power grid collapsed entirely on March 17, 2026, leaving approximately 10 million people without electricity and triggering street protests across the island, the most visible civil unrest in years. Partial restoration occurred on March 18 after 29 hours, but the blackout deepened shortages of food, medicine, and water, including the vandalization of a Cuban Communist Party provincial office in Morón. On March 21, Cuba blocked a US Embassy request to import diesel for generators, escalating diplomatic tensions amid ongoing rolling blackouts.

Updated 4 days ago

Rule Changes

Awaiting the decree for signature and publication

Mexico's Senate voted 72-37 on November 3 to make internet providers legally responsible for piracy by their subscribers unless they publish a policy for cutting off repeat infringers. The Chamber of Deputies had already passed the same text in October, so the decree now goes to President Claudia Sheinbaum for signature.

Updated 4 days ago

Rule Changes

Signed the decree published November 4, 2026

Mexico's Digital Economy Law for Digital and Electronic Payments took effect on November 5. It lets the government require businesses in chosen sectors to accept only digital payments, and it does not say which sectors those are.

Updated 5 days ago

Rule Changes

Says the supplier network predates Taddei by at least 27 years

Mexico's financial intelligence unit froze the bank accounts of 40 people and companies on November 4 as it reviewed risky operations in the electoral contracting scandal. It did not name them. The INE's ten councillors were preparing to file a criminal complaint with federal prosecutors, and interim president Blanca Cruz said it would cover Taddei and any official involved.

Updated 6 days ago

Rule Changes

In office since October 2024

Between 2018 and 2024, Mexico's multidimensional poverty rate fell from 41.9 to 29.6 percent, moving about 13.4 million people above the line. The UN's Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (CEPAL) says that is the largest decline in Latin America for 2014 to 2024. Minimum wage increases and social spending drove most of the gains. On October 22, Welfare Secretary Leticia Ramírez Amaya told Congress that programs reach 42.8 million people in 2026, with spending above one trillion pesos.

Updated Nov 2

Rule Changes

Backed the court's decision

A Mexican federal judge has closed the criminal case against Francisco Garduño, who led the National Migration Institute (INM) when a fire killed 40 migrants at a Ciudad Juárez detention station in March 2023. Judge Victor Manlio Hernández Calderón ruled on October 13 that Garduño had met the terms of a suspended trial, including reparations, a public apology and human rights training.

Updated Oct 23

Rule Changes

Signed the decree; has promised to back sanctions legislation if platforms don't comply

Mexico's president signed a decree ordering seven of the world's biggest digital platforms to restrict minors' exposure to violent, sexual, and other harmful content. Meta, TikTok, X, Apple, Microsoft, Google, and Huawei have 30 days to comply; the government has promised a sanctions law if they don't.

Updated Oct 18

Rule Changes

As of July 2026: Pressing the US over the arrest, the $15 billion, and DEA accusations against her government

For nearly 50 years, Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada ran drugs and dodged arrest. On July 20, a federal judge in Brooklyn sentenced the 76-year-old Sinaloa cartel co-founder to life in prison and ordered him to forfeit $15 billion.

Updated Jul 21

Rule Changes

As of July 2026: Publicly backing a full 16-year extension

The trade deal covering roughly $1.8 trillion in yearly commerce between the United States, Mexico, and Canada came with a built-in deadline. That deadline is now. On July 1, 2026, the three governments formally opened the first joint review of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), and they have to decide whether to keep it alive for another 16 years.

Updated Jul 1

Force in Play

As of May 2026: In office; praised security forces and called for calm

For more than a decade, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes — known as El Mencho — built the CJNG into one of the world's most powerful drug trafficking organizations, with $50 billion in assets and operations spanning five continents. On February 22, 2026, the Mexican Army killed him during a coordinated raid near Tapalpa, Jalisco, ending a $15 million U.S. bounty manhunt.

Updated May 29

Rule Changes

As of May 2026: Facing rising fuel-theft pressure amid cartel violence

Treasury sanctioned the Cartel de Santa Rosa de Lima (CSRL) and its jailed leader José Antonio Yépez Ortiz ("El Marro") on December 17, 2025. Washington's campaign against huachicol money then shifted toward the infrastructure that makes stolen hydrocarbons tradable: shipping, routing, and due diligence.

Updated May 15

Rule Changes

As of May 2026: Driving Plan Mexico 2026 tariff overhaul while managing pressure from Washington and Beijing

Mexico's Congress approved a sweeping tariff overhaul: starting in 2026, thousands of imports from China, India, and other non-FTA Asian countries will face duties up to 50%, with most capped around 35%. The package targets autos, auto parts, steel, textiles, plastics and clothing, aiming to protect local jobs and raise billions in revenue.

Updated May 11