Sheinbaum’s mañanera in 60 seconds
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🔍 FGR summons governors — but no charges yet: Chihuahua Gov. Maru Campos and on-leave Sinaloa Gov. Rubén Rocha Moya have been called to interview by the Attorney General’s Office (FGR) as part of separate investigations into alleged CIA involvement in a Chihuahua drug lab raid and a U.S. indictment accusing Rocha and other Sinaloa officials of cartel-linked drug trafficking. Sheinbaum stressed that neither governor has been formally accused of a crime.
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⚽ 🇮🇷 Iran’s World Cup team may relocate to Tijuana: Sheinbaum said the U.S. does not want the Iranian team to stay overnight on American soil, prompting FIFA to approach Mexico about hosting the squad. Mexico agreed, and Tijuana is now the proposed base for Iran, which will play its three group-stage matches in the U.S. Tourism Minister Josefina Rodríguez and World Cup representative Gabriela Cuevas are coordinating accommodation plans with FIFA.
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🦠 Ebola screening measures planned for World Cup: With an active Ebola outbreak in the DRC — whose team plays a group-stage match in Guadalajara — Sheinbaum said Mexico will implement health screening measures for travelers from affected countries, while stopping short of a travel ban. Details on the measures are expected at Tuesday’s mañanera.
Why today’s mañanera matters
At her Monday morning press conference, President Claudia Sheinbaum responded to the news that Chihuahua Governor Maru Campos and Sinaloa Governor Rubén Rocha Moya, who is currently on leave, have been summoned to interviews with the Federal Attorney General’s Office (FGR).
The FGR is investigating the alleged participation of U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officers in a drug lab raid in Chihuahua last month. Sheinbaum has said that the CIA officers participated in the operation without the knowledge or authorization of the Mexican government, violating Mexican laws.
The FGR is also conducting an investigation related to a U.S. indictment that accuses Rocha Moya and nine other current and former Sinaloa-based officials of drug trafficking in league with the Sinaloa Cartel.
Both Campos and Rocha have indicated that they will comply with the summonses and appear before FGR officials. Both deny any wrongdoing.
The cases involving Campos and Rocha are among the biggest news stories in Mexico today, and have clear implications for Sheinbaum and the federal government. Rocha is affiliated with Mexico’s ruling party, Morena, and an ally of the president, meaning that the accusation he faces is also tarnishing Sheinbaum. A conviction against the governor in the United States — if he is extradited — would be extremely damaging for Morena and the Sheinbaum administration.
Regarding the alleged CIA involvement in a security operation in Chihuahua, Sheinbaum presumably wants someone to be held to account. It would be politically advantageous for the president, a staunch defender of Mexican sovereignty, if that person were Campos, a representative of the opposition National Action Party (PAN).
In video message, Chihuahua governor insists she did not know of CIA’s presence in her state
Also of note at today’s mañanera were Sheinbaum’s remarks on two issues related to the FIFA men’s World Cup, which Mexico will co-host with the United States and Canada starting June 11.
Sheinbaum: FGR is not accusing Campos or Rocha of committing crimes
Sheinbaum acknowledged that the FGR summoned both Campos and Rocha.
She noted that “the Chihuahua case” is an investigation into the presence of “foreign agents” — i.e., CIA officers — in the northern border state, two of whom were killed in a car accident after they allegedly participated in a drug lab raid.
Sheinbaum said that the FGR has already interviewed various people in connection with the case, including personnel from the Chihuahua Attorney General’s Office.
“And as part of the procedures, I understand that it also called the governor to an interview. It doesn’t mean she is accused of any issue,” said Sheinbaum, who has personally accused authorities in Chihuahua of requesting security collaboration with U.S. personnel.
“Son procedimientos, no hay imputación, por lo que nos ha dicho la Fiscalía, sencillamente son entrevistas”, dijo la presidenta Claudia Sheinbaum sobre los citatorios de la FGR a María Eugenia Campos, gobernadora de Chihuahua, y Rubén Rocha Moya, gobernador con licencia de… pic.twitter.com/LcusfdYVks
— NMás (@nmas) May 25, 2026
Campos has asserted that she didn’t authorize or have knowledge of the presence of CIA personnel in Chihuahua.
Regarding “the Sinaloa case,” Sheinbaum noted that the FGR has also summoned various people to interviews, including Rocha Moya, federal Senator Enrique Inzunza and Culiacán Mayor Juan de Dios Gámez Mendívil, who, like Rocha, is on leave.
She acknowledged that two of the other officials accused by U.S. prosecutors of drug trafficking offenses turned themselves in to U.S. authorities.
Sheinbaum said that the summoning of the Sinaloa-based officials is “part of the investigation” being carried out by the FGR.
“They’re procedures. There is not an accusation against anybody, according to what the Attorney General’s Office has told us,” she said.
Sheinbaum has endorsed the FGR’s declarations that there is currently insufficient evidence to arrest Rocha and the other defendants for the purpose of extradition to the United States.
Iran’s World Cup team set to be based in Tijuana
A journalist noted that it has been reported that Iran’s World Cup team will be based in Tijuana during the tournament, rather than in Tucson, Arizona, as originally planned.
The BBC reported on Sunday that the president of the Iranian Football Association “says FIFA has approved the country’s World Cup training base being switched from the United States to Mexico.”
“Mehdi Taj said Iran will now be based in the Mexican border city of Tijuana, although the change has yet to be confirmed by FIFA. Iran were given Tucson, Arizona as their World Cup base but the ongoing war in the Middle East and related security concerns has led to uncertainty around their participation,” the BBC wrote.
BREAKING: Iran’s soccer team has moved its base camp for the World Cup to Mexico from the United States, the president of the Iran Football Federation said. https://t.co/Y9QvcEP47o
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 23, 2026
Sheinbaum said that the United States “doesn’t want the Iranian team to stay overnight” in the U.S., where it will play its three group-stage matches.
She said that a FIFA representative asked the federal government whether the team could stay in Mexico.
“And we said ‘yes, no problem, we don’t have any problem,’” Sheinbaum said.
“So they’re seeking that the base be in Tijuana,” she said.
“… We don’t have any reason to reject the possibility of them staying in Mexico,” Sheinbaum said.
“So we gave them that option,” she said, adding that the Mexican government’s World Cup representative, Gabriela Cuevas, and Tourism Minister Josefina Rodríguez are “reviewing” Iran’s accommodation plans with FIFA.
Mexico to take ‘health measures’ to prevent entry of Ebola during World Cup
A reporter noted that there is an outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), whose World Cup team will play one of its three group-stage matches in Guadalajara.
Andrew Giuliani, the executive director of the White House Task Force for the World Cup, told ESPN on Friday that the DRC’s team, which is currently training in Belgium, must isolate for 21 days or risk the ability to enter the U.S. for the World Cup.
“Is there also going to be a special situation with this team here [in Mexico], including with the tourists who come from Africa, from [the Democratic Republic of the] Congo?” the reporter asked Sheinbaum.
“There have to be some particular health measures that are worked on together with the country of origin,” the president responded.
“Obviously if there is a problem of a contagious disease, we have to take health screening measures that guarantee that [foreigners] don’t infect [people] in Mexico,” Sheinbaum said.
She said that health officials will provide details on the measures at her Tuesday morning press conference.
Sheinbaum said that the outbreak of Ebola in African countries — namely in the DRC and Uganda — doesn’t mean that people from those countries “can’t travel” to Mexico.
They can travel, she said, “with all the necessary measures that have to be taken.”
By Mexico News Daily chief staff writer Peter Davies (peter.davies@mexiconewsdaily.com)
