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Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: AMLO said that the incident involving Morena presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum, who was intercepted by hooded men during her tour of Chiapas, was staged. The President raised questions as to why Latinus, widely perceived as linked to the opposition, was the only media present when the men stopped Sheinbaum’s vehicle; Minister of Foreign Relations Alicia Bárcena reported that only 227,112 Mexicans, out of the 1,585,278 living abroad who have voter ID cards, registered to cast ballots in 2024. The National Electoral Institute (INE) is investigating the status of thousands of applicants whose request is pending; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is working on a safe-conduct pass for former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas so he can travel to Mexico and remain in the country as an asylum seeker; the President confirmed the arrest of Abraham Oseguera Cervantes, alias "Don Rodo", brother of Nemesio Oseguera, alias "El Mencho", leader of the New Generation-Jalisco Cartel.

This morning’s presidential press conference was mainly devoted to providing information on and refuting and debunking media distortions concerning the upcoming Pension Reform. Minister of the Interior Luisa Alcalde explained that the Reform will guarantee that workers who earn up to the average salary of those affiliated to the Mexican Social Security Institute will be able to retire with 100% of their salary, through a solidarity supplement. 75% of the financing for the Pension Fund for Well-Being, which will guarantee payment of the solidarity complement, will come from property seized by the Institute to Return What was Stolen to the People, and resources derived other public sector sources as well as funds from unclaimed and inactive Retirement Fund Management (Afore) accounts. It was emphasized that the Pension Reform will not involve confiscating or expropriating workers’ active Afore accounts.

Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: AMLO reported that, in collaboration with Brazil and Bolivia, efforts are underway for a safe-conduct pass for former Ecuadorian vice-president Jorge Glas, who would be granted asylum in Mexico; Minister of the Interior Luisa Alcalde explained that the Senate approved two reforms, to the Amnesty Law and the Amparo Law, the latter to prevent judges and justices from issuing provisional suspensions against laws or reforms approved by Congress; according to the National Statistics Institute, in March 2024, 53.5% of the adult population have trust in the President at a level of 8 to 10. Federal government institutions involved in public security also enjoyed high trust levels, with numbers rising from December 2023 to March 2024.

Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: AMLO condemned the media for claiming that the Pension Fund for Well-Being is designed to expropriate the pensions of workers who are enrolled in a Retirement Fund Manager (Afore). It, in fact, seeks to enable workers who retire to receive more money during their retirement. Part of its funds will come from inactive accounts held by Afores; the opposition campaign over contaminated water in the Benito Juarez municipality in Mexico City was exposed on various levels.

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Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: Minister of the Interior Luisa Alcalde charged that the Supreme Court in proposing the elimination of Preventive Detention, is exceeding its powers, as it intends to annul a constitutional provision, when only Congress has the authority to do so; Minister of Security and Citizen Protection Rosa Icela Rodríguez reported that in March 2024, federal crimes and intentional homicides were down 28.2% and 21.4%, with regard to December 2018; voting in this year’s elections will be held in federal and state penitentiaries from May 6-20 for inmates who complied with the requirements established by the National Electoral Institute; AMLO recalled that, as part of the Pension Reform, the creation of a compensatory fund is being contemplated so that workers who retire receive 100% of their salary.

Highlights of this morning’s presidential press conference include: AMLO announced that after the June 2 elections, he will make a farewell tour through all the states of the country, to bid adieu to political life, since at the end of his administration he will no longer engage in public activities nor have a presence in the social networks; the Ministries of the Interior and Foreign Relations will investigate complaints of Mexicans living abroad who say they have been removed from the voter registration rolls ahead of the June 2 elections; the President said that requests for protection from candidates in the current election campaign will be immediately attended to; AMLO charged that a group of judges eliminated official preventive detention from the legal code, which, he explained, means impunity for suspected criminals; there are about 1,400 Mexicans in the Middle East; all are reportedly well.