Morning press conference of Claudia Sheinbaum | Wednesday, September 30

Good morning, President. Very good morning, President. A greeting to you and to all the guests. I would like to first congratulate you from Zacatecas on these first two years of government and congratulate you on this tour you made throughout the Republic as a constitutional obligation, the accountability report. Many, many congratulations for bringing not only the results, but hope, hope to all the people of Mexico. And as you well said, we are already concluding September, the greatest month of our homeland, for what it means, and here in Zacatecas today we are materializing social justice, what truly transforms, what you have expressed, public policy made love. And today here with the delivery of housing in the municipality of Luis Moya, Zacatecas, one of the municipalities of our state, where today we can see materialized one of the longings of many Zacatecan and Mexican families, who by the way also greet our entire republic and who should have confidence in all this enormous work that our President of the Republic is doing. That is why my congratulations, my expression of gratitude, and today we see many of the longings crystallized and materialized in this social justice, that of housing. It is truly something that dignifies, something that motivates, something that inspires, and it is the certainty and tranquility that our movement provides in this transformation of families. President, many, many thanks, and never forget that here in Zacatecas we love you very much. Congratulations, President, on your first two years of government.

Good morning, President. With the pleasure of accompanying here Rodrigo Chávez from the National Housing Commission. The Governor is with Mayor Saraí, who is going to receive her key. The neighbors are here, as you can see, with an expression of joy that they transmit. To comment on the general data, in Zacatecas the goal is 27,502 homes, 12,000 from CONAVI, 14,000 from Infonavit, and we're already starting, we're seeing with Governor Foviste also in this beautiful state. We're doing very well, 30% of the total goal, and this gives us great pleasure because it has been possible thanks to the governor and the mayors who have also supported us a lot with the land. Thank you, President. Rodrigo continues reporting.

Good morning, President. With your permission, we're going to deliver a single-family home that will have growth, it's 60 m². The family can grow to 90 m². It's a housing complex of 84 homes. Today we'll deliver 18. We thank the governor, the municipal president, the secretary, the people who accompany us here. We're going to give the key to our colleague Saraí, Saraí Esmeralda, who will receive her home and so she can show it to the President. Go ahead, Saraí.

Saraí, could you tell the President about it?

Hello, President. Very good day. I introduce myself, I'm Saraí, and I'm very emotional about this beautiful and wonderful project that has been created for us families with big dreams. Today it fulfills a dream for me and for my fellow beneficiaries of this project, and I hope that we won't be the only ones, but that all the families who have longed for a home for a long time will have our dream fulfilled. And whenever you want to come visit us here, you're very welcome. And the facilities are very beautiful, and for me it's not a home, as I say, it's a dream, and thank you very much, President, from the heart, and believe me that you're doing a very good job, not only in this state, but in all the states of the Republic, and there are no words, sincerely, to thank you for this joy that I feel of fulfilling my dream and of now having my own home for me, for my family, and to create beautiful memories here with all my loved ones, more than anything. And thank you very much, congratulations. Saraí there. They also showed us that there's growth for our home, for when we have the possibility of expanding, to enlarge our home. We have the facilities here to put our stairs and to have more children too. [laughter]

Yes, thank you very much, President. It was a pleasure to greet you, and on behalf of, and not only on my behalf, but on behalf of all the beneficiaries, we give you our most sincere thanks and may you continue fulfilling more dreams of all our families.

Very good morning to all. With your permission, Madam President, I have the honor today of presenting the results of the entire environmental sector, which is made up of 10 institutions. All these institutions that are there form the environmental sector. It's said SEMARNAT, but SEMARNAT has all these bodies, as the President already said, the CEA, the CONAVIO, the CAME, the CONAFOR, the CONAGUA, the CONAM, the IMTA, the INEC, the ProfEPA, that is, we are a group of institutions that are present here. I thank my colleagues for being here, and if you'll allow me, as always, I like to get straight to the point. I'm going to tell you why humanist environmental policy is so important. Let's go to the first one. The world is facing three intertwined crises, three very complicated crises: climate change, which is no longer an unfamiliar topic because we're already in extreme events, as we're seeing with Hurricane Polo, with Hurricane Rachel that's on the Pacific coasts. We also have a loss of biodiversity, despite the fact that we're a country that contains 12% of biodiversity, it's being lost very quickly. And then water, soil, and air pollution is no longer a technical or unfamiliar topic to us, it's directly impacting people's quality of life. That's why we believe it's very important, and let's go to the next one, that we take into account, and that's why it has really become our compass in the environmental sector. The President on October 1st launched 10 principles of Mexico's humanist policy. The sixth is precisely the one that refers to development and the well-being of the people. They can only be strengthened with the care of the environment and natural resources. This is what became the compass of SEMARNAT's work. And we base ourselves on a concrete principle, which is this one, and on a reality that is a paradigm shift from neoliberal extractivism to humanist environmentalism. And why are we doing it? And I'm going to show the concrete reasons why it has become a humanist environmentalism. The first one, please, because we have in the country today a historic investment. That's the truth. This is a historic investment in water as a national good and not as a commodity. That's the key. Mexicans have been given the human right to water. That's the basis of the policy and these actions are being carried out. Of course Efraín, who is really in charge of many of these works, will give a more detailed account of that. But look, simply the sanitation of the three great rivers, the Lerma, the Atoyac, and the Tula, right? And that contains the Presa de Endo, by the way, that we have to restore. We're talking about 20 billion pesos that are being invested now and that are benefiting 25 million people. It's a great job that we've done together as a whole sector because it's not only pipes, right? Nor plants, it's also restoration. We're doing reforestation of riparian areas and we're really rescuing, I believe, very important areas. Note that in drinking water, investment is being made, 24,000 works are being carried out in 2,183 municipalities. The country has 2,500 municipalities, so we're almost everywhere truly, and there are 17 strategic projects that Efraín will explain to us and where 8 billion pesos are being invested. And something that really touches me deeply is the recovery of the Tijuana River, 3 billion pesos, and I'm interested because it was one of the first agreements signed in environment with the United States counterpart, who we know have that concern. The next one, please.

The second component of this bet for ecology and humanist environmentalism is this great bet for quality of life. What is it about? Well, it's about working on air quality. We live in the metropolitan area of the Valley of Mexico, we know what it means and winter is coming. And there we have a commission that works with all the states that make up this commission. Work is being done especially on two components, on reducing emissions from transportation and industries. In Monterrey we've already completed an emissions inventory, we didn't have an emissions inventory in Monterrey. We have it now, we know where we need to act and therefore we have very specific actions in Monterrey and the same happens in Guadalajara. We've accompanied especially all their vehicle verification programs and that has been very important. 23 entities have Proaire programs, so yes we focus on these cities, but they're not the only ones. There are 23 entities and we give them all the technical support to the states. And something very interesting that happened this year is that the provision for importing tractor-trailers from the United States that were 10 years old was made. That made the difference in terms of emissions, since they're tractor-trailers that use diesel, and we did that together with the Ministry of Economy, and the truth is we're in agreements to see if we can also limit the import of used cars from the United States. We did great cleanup days with the people, with the population, with the fishermen, the producers, with the people, with the youth. In rivers, seas, coasts we did more than 13 days. We collected 14,000 tons. You can't imagine. We have to make peace with the rivers. The rivers can't continue being the dumping grounds for plastic, for waste. We collected pesticide containers in such critical areas as San Quintín, in circular economy. For us it's a very important topic because what we want there is instead of discarding, to reuse, to recycle. We generate 140,000 tons of waste daily in Mexico. So if we don't get to work on what we do with that waste, 12 separation projects are being launched, three recycling hubs that are in process. And what is the goal? Well, the goal is to process tires, rubble, plastic, scrap metal, and slag. We already have our circular economy law. The regulation is being issued that is telling each of these sectors, we have signed an agreement with, for example, the Chamber of Tire Dealers, so that we can organize the entire tire sector, because what the Circular Economy Law says is that we're going to achieve extended producer responsibility, that is, that the one who produces the tire also takes responsibility, because it's very important. The next one, please.

Yesterday the President asked us here on the morning show to tell you a bit about what is being done in climate action, and it's very important. First of all, we've updated the climate targets in something called Mexico's Nationally Determined Contributions. We presented them in Brazil at COP 30. I would say we resumed great leadership and our commitments are simple and difficult to achieve. First of all, reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 35%. That's the goal for 2030, but we're already moving in that direction. Achieving 38% renewable energy by 2030. And there, obviously, this is a task of the Ministry of Energy, of the CFE, there we're all collaborating so that there's mixed public and private investment of 170 billion pesos. That's what's being sought to achieve that 38% renewable energy goal. And then the President has instructed us to really carry out adaptation, restoration, and reforestation actions. Climate change has already arrived, so we have to see how we face it collectively. And a very important program, Sembrando Vida, which this year has really managed to plant, covering 36,000 hectares with 75 million plants, and this is being done by 415,000 planters with an investment of 37 million pesos. That is, Sembrando Vida will contribute. We did that evaluation ourselves with Sembrando Vida. How much will Sembrando Vida contribute to climate change? It will help us reduce 600,000 tons of carbon, the actions that Sembrando Vida is doing, which is very important to reduce emissions. Of course, we have the zero-deforestation avocado program, which we're applying especially in Michoacán and Jalisco, which is a certificate that the forestry law has already been reformed, we already have it ready, we already have the authority to issue a certificate so that avocado cannot be exported anywhere. Yes, if it comes from deforested orchards, export will be prohibited, and that's why it's zero deforestation. And the national annual day that involved 256,000 people and 6.6 million plants. The President accompanied us on this and it was done simultaneously in all the countries, in all the states, and that was something truly fantastic. Recently we signed the national agreement on forests, jungles, and mangroves in Guadalajara, and there I believe we managed to involve 100 companies that will help us restore more than 200,000 hectares, and payment for environmental services, which is a very important measure, is paying communities to conserve. That is, in addition to the planters of the Sembrando Vida program, it's also paying communities to conserve the forests or jungles that are standing. The next one, please.

Of course, caring for and restoring ecosystems. That's our daily work. And there, the conservation of 272 natural protected areas that involve 99.3 million hectares throughout the country. We have to reach 152 to achieve the 30 by 30 goal, which is the international commitment. We also have good news, which is that we managed to recover 272,000 hectares for natural protected areas from mining concessions that have been cancelled. Those concessions were cancelled and that land was returned to us for natural protected areas as a restoration process, and we're restoring 76 sites with 60,000 hectares with 17.5 million plants. And something truly historic is the trinational corridor of the Great Maya Jungle, something that should fill us Mexicans with great pride. President Claudia Sheinbaum was with Bernardo Arévalo of Guatemala, with John Briceño of Belize, and it's 5.7 million protected hectares, but it has a political meaning because our southern border is not a wall, it's a natural protected area, it's a biocultural corridor. The next one, please.

And of course, something that has been, I would say, in the public mind are the emblematic species, how we're protecting them, how we're reintroducing them to their natural habitats. One, we've released 85,000 specimens. The Mexican wolf, for example, the California condor, the bison, the jaguar, the totoaba. We recovered 64% of the monarch butterfly's habitat, which is a species so beloved in Mexico. And of course, the fight against illegal trafficking. We've managed to seize 20,000 specimens of flora and fauna at airports. Well, it's been very complex because this trafficking of wild species is the third trafficking, it's arms, it's drugs, and it's wild species, flora and fauna. And we've banned dolphinariums and shows with marine mammals, and we've protected the vaquita marina. And I must say that we're very happy because finally, Madam President, finally the Animal Welfare Law was approved yesterday in the Senate. That's why we're very happy because we've advanced. The next one, please.

And finally, in my case, to conclude, there can be no social justice without environmental justice. And in this case we've committed to two great places that for years have been relegated. One is the Sonora River. After 12 years of the Sonora River, finally we have an investment of 100 million pesos that are being destined for the construction of the regional hospital in Ures, which the communities were crying out for, 22 water treatment plants that CONAGUA is installing. The hospital is being built by IMSS-Bienestar with the Ministry of Communications and Transportation, the water, the 22 treatment plants, and we in SEMARNAT are remediating the river, 288 km of river, and we're, let's say, removing 10,000 tons of contaminated soil from the river that will be confined in special cells to prevent further contamination. And the Presa de Endo, which is another great theme of environmental justice, there the investment is 75 million pesos. 140,000 m³ of water hyacinth have been removed, which was an issue, and the Culex mosquito has been reduced by 47%, which was an enormous nuisance for more than 27,000 people around the Presa de Endo. Of course, we participate in San Quintín, we participate in Michoacán, in all the plans, also in Oaxaca we're working on the Balsas. And I want to say something very important, we do many citizen consultations, many, especially in relation to investment projects. We announce investment projects in the Gaceta Ecológica every Thursday, and there it's installed, it's announced, it's said that they can request citizen consultations, and we do them especially in relation to investment projects. And a fact that I think is fundamental to tell you is that the procedures, obviously we're also a regulatory secretariat that does procedures, we've greatly simplified the procedures, but the volume of environmental impact procedures resolved is managing to drive 6.6 trillion pesos of investment. That, dear President, is what I wanted to present today, not without first thanking my colleagues very much for all the support they've given us. We're a small secretariat, but with desire, and I say with a lot of desire, of course, and to tell you that truly the environmental topic is not a topic for specialists, it's a topic for all citizens. It's very important that the entire population accompanies us, helps us, supports us, and makes their environment really a healthy and happy place for future generations. Thank you very much.

Thank you. Oh, presentation. Thank you very much. With your permission, President. Very good morning. We're going to present the main advances in water matters. Next, please. We're going to start with a very relevant topic, which is the publication of the National Water Law. As the President has already commented, during the neoliberal period very important impacts were generated in water matters for all Mexicans, so much so that water came to be considered as a commodity. With the new law, this vision is being completely changed and water is considered a human right for Mexicans, and also derived from this we're carrying out a process of ordering concessions. This has allowed us to recover on the order of 5,000 million cubic meters. This is equivalent to supplying for a whole year 90 million people, and we've also been able to deliver 12,346 concession titles to communities, to small and medium producers, even to municipalities that previously had to pay for water to private parties, and we're especially working in favor of those who have the least. Go ahead, please.

Regarding water for agriculture, the technification of 250,000 hectares is being carried out. We're technifying the main infrastructure, which are canals, dams, and also carrying out plot-level technification. The progress we have today is 38,000 hectares. For that, an investment of around 63,000 million is allocated throughout the six-year term. I'd like to highlight that this project also has a very important future vision because it makes us more resilient to climate change, contributes to guaranteeing the country's food sovereignty, and also to using water more efficiently. Go ahead, please.

And well, regarding sanitation and river restoration, I'd like to first point out that as the Secretary said, it's a shared effort among all the agencies of the environmental sector. We're working on the three most polluted rivers in the country. In this first stage we're rehabilitating and building 23 treatment plants, 282 km of collectors that are already completed. We've dredged and carried out the cleaning of 260 km of riverbeds. 4,663 hectares have been reforested. In addition, we're building seven public spaces that will allow us to coexist with the river in a very friendly way. And 44 monitoring stations are being installed, both for water quantity and quality. This is an important topic because it allows us to follow up on the plan. The progress in this first stage is already 82%. As the Secretary mentioned, the contemplated investment amounts to 20 billion. What else is important to highlight? We're also carrying out very important work in various rivers, for example, in the cleaning of the Tijuana River. We're also working on the cleaning and sanitation of Lake Pátzcuaro. Work is being done, for example, on the Bobos River in Veracruz. We're working on the La Sabana River in Acapulco, and we're also about to start very relevant projects such as, for example, the treatment plant on the Río de los Perros, in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, on the Nogales River, on the Sonora River. In short, it's a very robust plan that makes us coexist with nature in a different way. It's a topic of dignity and also a topic of public health. Go ahead, please.

Well, we're going to start with the strategic projects section. Here we can see images of healthy water for the Laguna. We've already completed the construction of 200 km of trunk networks that allowed us to connect the municipality of Tlahualilo, for example, in Durango. In the case of Coahuila, this brings very good quality water to Torreón, Viesca, Madero, San Pedro, and Matamoros. And we're also going to help municipalities strengthen their municipal distribution infrastructure. Go ahead, please.

Here you can see the Oriente Plan of the State of Mexico. We've completed 106 drinking water and drainage works, among them such important works as, for example, the Chalco collector in its first stage and also the Sochiaca drain. And we're about to start 106 more works. This is a strategy we're going to continue year after year. It's an area where more than 10 million people live. So it becomes a very relevant project for the entire east of the State of Mexico. Go ahead, please.

Regarding the comprehensive plan for the metropolitan zone, works of metropolitan impact are being carried out. I'd like to highlight two projects. Laguna de Zumpango and Presa de Guadalupe are projects designed to take advantage of rainwater with an innovative vision. These are projects that will provide us with up to 8,000 liters per second during the rainy season for Mexico City and the State of Mexico. That's a lot of water for the people. We have a 25% overall progress and this entire plan will conclude in 2030. Go ahead, please.

The Ciudad Victoria aqueduct, the Guadalupe Victoria 2 aqueduct, already has 57% progress, we're going to conclude it in July of next year. This will allow us to increase by 50% the water that Ciudad Victoria currently receives. Go ahead.

Regarding the San José toll aqueduct, we're at 50% progress. It's a very significant work for San Luis Potosí, which has an important water deficit. We're going to conclude the works in December of this same year. Go ahead.

Water for Colima is an aqueduct that already has 45% progress. It's a very robust job. We're going to conclude the works also in 2027. This aqueduct will double the water supply for the city of Colima and will also benefit the municipality of Villa de Álvarez. So it's a relevant work for the state. Go ahead.

Here we can see images of water for Campeche. An aquifer is being built. We're also building storage tanks and distribution networks. This project has as its fundamental objective to provide water, especially very good quality water, to the inhabitants of Campeche, and there's a problem with water quality that will be solved with this project. Go ahead, please.

In the Coatzacoalcos aqueduct, as we've also mentioned in the previous projects, there's a long-term vision. It will also double the supply for the city of Coatzacoalcos. It already has 37% progress and we're going to conclude it in 2028. Go ahead, please.

Acapulco transforms with you. I'm going to take a moment. It's a very complete project. We're practically renovating all the drinking water supply sources. Infrastructure is also being prepared for possible climate change phenomena such as hurricanes and also earthquakes. In addition, we're reconverting the entire treatment structure. Currently we're working on three plants, but there are nine in total. Collectors are being built, works are being carried out to protect the population from floods, and at the same time public spaces are being built there. This project has 23% overall progress and we're going to conclude the works in 2028. I repeat, it's a very robust project. Go ahead, please.

Regarding flood protection in Tabasco, we've already completed the first 19 works, and we're about to start three more in the coming days. This project has as its purpose protecting especially the communities, the population. Tabasco is a place where there are many impacts due to the amount of water in the state and also the protection of crops. In the lower image we can see the complete plan. We'll be developing activities year after year until its conclusion in 2027-28. There's an error on the slide here. Go ahead.

The Tunal 2 dam already has 17% progress, it will conclude its activities in 2028. With this project we're guaranteeing the supply for the city of Durango for the next 50 years, and it's also complementary to all the works that have been carried out in this space. Last year the President also inaugurated there the Guadalupe Victoria drinking water dam. They're complementary projects. Go ahead, please.

The Novillo dam, a very necessary work for a city like La Paz, where there are few supply sources, already has 11% progress. We're going to conclude in March 2028, and in addition to the dam, a sectorization project is contemplated. Go ahead.

The Mujer Solteca dam is a dam that started its work, as can be seen in the images, a few days ago. We're in the roads and platforms part. It has a very significant social component because the first objective is to provide water to the communities near the dam that have that need. And second, we're going to double the supply that the city of Oaxaca currently has, and well, this gives it viability for more than 30 years. Go ahead, please.

Here we can see images of the laying of the first stone of what will be the largest and most modern desalination plant in Latin America, built during the government of President Claudia Sheinbaum. It's important to highlight that among the virtues it has is a great optimization in the operation processes, especially in the energy part, which will allow there to be no impact on the tariff for users. So it's a quite relevant work that benefits especially Tijuana and also Playas de Rosarito. Go ahead.

Well, in addition to what I've mentioned, we're working on the final stage detailing the projects for Zacatecas, for Guanajuato, and also for Sonora. Soon we're going to start with them and announce what the scope is for these projects. An investment is contemplated that during the six-year term exceeds 80 billion pesos. It's a very significant investment. Go ahead, please.

And I want to take advantage of this space in this part of the presentation to recognize the effort of the state governments and also the municipal governments that have responded to the President's call to work together so that through the combination of funds from the three levels of government, the most basic works can be carried out. We're talking about that this effort has already managed to develop 24,000 works throughout the country for sanitation, drinking water, and also drainage in 2,183 municipalities. It's practically the whole country. And the investment already exceeds 30 billion. How much is this? Well, it's triple what was invested before the start of Dr. Sheinbaum's government. And it's important that we continue with this strategy because it will allow us to strengthen the infrastructure of the entire country in a very important way. Go ahead, please.

And well, here we can see the investment during the six-year term. It's a historic investment with no precedent, which is also built under a future vision. We're working, as you could see in all the projects, with a very important future vision. It has quite significant innovation components, but the central element is the social sense these projects have, the benefit these projects generate in each of the places where they're being developed, and that will be of great benefit to the people of Mexico. And finally, if you'll allow me, President, we prepared a short video that accounts for the works and advances we've mentioned here.

For decades, water was the object of plunder. That's why, in December 2025, the reform to the National Water Law was published. With this change, water ceased to be conceived as a commodity to be recognized as a human right and a resource of the nation. Thanks to this transformation, we de-privatized more than 5,000 million cubic meters of water, enough to supply for a year more than 90 million people. This allowed us to deliver 12,346 concession titles to communities, as well as to small and medium producers. In addition, we assigned water directly to municipalities like Mexicali and Tijuana that previously bought it from private parties. We launched the sanitation and restoration of the Atoyac, Lerma Santiago, and Tula rivers. We've already built and rehabilitated 23 treatment plants and 282 km of wastewater collectors. We cleaned and dredged riverbeds and built public spaces to recover these environments. We're sanitizing the Tijuana River in Baja California, La Sabana in Guerrero, and we're about to start the Nogales River in Sonora. In the countryside, we're modernizing and technifying the infrastructure of more than 250,000 hectares in 18 irrigation districts. This will allow producing more food with less water. To guarantee the human right to water and reduce flood risk, we promoted 17 strategic projects throughout the country. In La Laguna we completed 200 km of drinking water networks. In the State of Mexico we have 40% progress on the Oriente zone plan and 25% on the metropolitan zone plan of the Valley of Mexico. We also advanced on the aqueducts of Colima, Guadalupe Victoria 2 in Tamaulipas, Coatzacoalcos in Veracruz, as well as the San José toll in San Luis Potosí and the Campeche aquifer. The Tunal 2 dam in Durango, the Novillo in Baja California Sur, and Mujer Solteca in Oaxaca are already underway. Acapulco transforms with drinking water, drainage, and sanitation works, and Tabasco with flood protection works. In Baja California we've already started construction of the largest desalination plant in Latin America, which will benefit the people of Tijuana and Rosarito. With resources coordinated among the three levels of government, 24,000 drinking water and drainage works have been carried out in 2,183 municipalities of the country. With these actions we advance to guarantee the human right to water and build a Mexico with greater well-being and social justice.

President. Good morning, Adriana Santos from El Soberano. I'd like to ask about this historic investment that was already announced regarding sanitation works and drinking water of 180 billion pesos, how does it compare with the investments made in previous six-year terms? Here the head of Conagua just told us about some works that even triple in his six-year term the projection. So, if you could give us a comparison, please.

Well, as I mentioned in the presentation, the number of projects has no comparison, but I would highlight especially the vision. What we're doing is preparing the country for the future to have sufficient water, especially for people's consumption, but also to guarantee food sovereignty, and also for the development of strategic projects themselves. And to highlight that apart from the amount of investment, which is indeed more than triple in many areas, the most important thing is the social sense these works have and that they're designed based on a long-term plan. Thank you.

Also, President, regarding the report given by the Ministry of the Environment, I'd like to know what the Mexican government is doing to counteract impacts, for example, like storms that are currently hitting the Mexican Pacific, and also how work is done so that Mexico or the Mexican government can contribute to combating climate change. Please.

Well, thank you very much. Several things. We have a climate change program that has several axes. The first axis is mitigation, that is, the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. We already have an inventory of greenhouse gases. We already know which sectors in Mexico emit the most, and for example the sector that emits the most greenhouse gases is transportation, 20%. And so we've dedicated ourselves to working with each sector first so that they reduce their emissions. But the other question you ask, which I think is very related to something fundamental, which is adaptation, because climate change has already arrived, now we have to adapt to it, and in that sense we're working on one, on avoiding beach erosion. For example, a state that has a very serious problem right now with beach erosion is Tabasco. So there we're doing a series of actions with the state government to be able to avoid the erosion of, for example, the beaches. We're losing beaches in some places and there the idea is the rescue of mangroves, which is one of the most important topics, and the rescue of dunes, which are what will finally protect the coasts from the assault of hurricanes. We can't do anything about the natural phenomenon, but what we can do is prepare ourselves in many topics that Efraín Morales has presented to you, but also in how to really build adaptation systems that allow us to work better.

Secretary, taking advantage of the fact that you're at the microphone, could you give us a little more details about what this Animal Welfare Law that was approved yesterday is about?

Yes, of course. Well, we're very happy. It was by instruction of the President that we dedicated ourselves to it. I believe it's a very important law. First of all, it recognizes animals as sentient beings, which is fundamental, truly protecting them, both companion animals, I would say that's a very important category. Second, animals for production, which also need to be protected, and flora and fauna, sorry, and wildlife, animals in the wild. So for each of them we've put in the law, and we've done it in a very coordinated way with the Senate of the Republic and with the Chamber of Deputies. It's been a collective effort, it hasn't been easy because we've worked with health, because there are also many health topics involved. We've worked with SADER for all the production animals and of course with all the federal entities, because what this law also does is distribute more clearly the responsibilities between the Federation and the States. I believe it's a very novel law, it's a unique law, that we're very satisfied with what has been achieved, I tell you, together with Maiqui Ortiz from the Senate, with Gabi Benavides in the Chamber of Deputies, and with our team, both from ProfEPA and from Wildlife, to protect these three great groups of animals.

Thank you very much, President. I'd like to ask you about your opinion regarding the general approval yesterday in the Senate of this reform against dual nationality. What would be the message so that this law can advance and the people of Mexico are guaranteed candidacies 100% in favor and for the benefit of the homeland?

Thank you, President. And finally, if you'll have the data on the homes that have drinking water, just now, but because who voted against, who can oppose that if you're president of Mexico you defend another country? When you acquire US nationality, Spanish, Guatemalan, Salvadoran, Bolivian, Cape Verdean, South African, French, British, you swear to defend that country. You swear to the head of state of that country. So how are you going to be president of Mexico swearing to two flags? When there's a problem between those two countries, who are you going to defend? Another country or Mexico? But if you have dual nationality, then who voted against? What does it mean? That they agree that a president has two flags, even when representing the people of Mexico, with the history of the people of Mexico, with the history of Mexico. It's inexplicable. And to all our fellow citizens. Welcome if they want to have Mexican nationality if they were born there. Welcome. That has nothing to do with it. Ah, they were born in Mexico, they went to the United States, they acquired US nationality, they return to Mexico, they want to run for president, they have to renounce their other nationality. Thank you, President. I was telling you finally if you'll have the data on the homes that have drinking water, just now, but because who voted against, who can oppose that if you're president of Mexico you defend another country? When you acquire US nationality, Spanish, Guatemalan, Salvadoran, Bolivian, Cape Verdean, South African, French, British, you swear to defend that country. You swear to the head of state of that country. So how are you going to be president of Mexico swearing to two flags? When there's a problem between those two countries, who are you going to defend? Another country or Mexico? But if you have dual nationality, then who voted against? What does it mean? That they agree that a president has two flags, even when representing the people of Mexico, with the history of the people of Mexico, with the history of Mexico. It's inexplicable. And to all our fellow citizens. Welcome if they want to have Mexican nationality if they were born there. Welcome. That has nothing to do with it. Ah, they were born in Mexico, they went to the United States, they acquired US nationality, they return to Mexico, they want to run for president, they have to renounce their other nationality.

President, good morning. Vicente Serrano, host of Sin Censura TV. Continuing with this topic, what do you think of the arrogance shown by some figures who were lobbying for votes against this reform, also approved yesterday in the Senate, on the exclusivity of Mexican nationality?

I'm referring to figures like Larry Rubin of the American Society or representative of the Republican Party in Mexico, who yesterday in an interview with our colleague Meme Yamel said that it wasn't personal, that he represented millions of people, and I think it's arrogant to call oneself a representative of the feeling when there is so much diversity and complexity in our binational relationship. It seems they would remain stuck in this intention to stop a reform like this. Do you reject this, I don't know if it's interference, from figures who represent precisely the interests of the United States? Yesterday he was in the Senate.

He says he doesn't understand it. Would this be the first attempt to turn the Mexican community abroad against this government, President, looking toward 2030 and the vote of Mexicans abroad?

President, as a citizen of both countries with dual nationality, I find it fascinating what has opened up in this debate. Just to clarify what you said a few minutes ago. In the case of Yasmín Bugarín, coordinator of the defense of the transformation and national sovereignty, born in the United States, would she have to resign from that coordination?

President, several topics. Let's see, check the Constitution of Nayarit, please. Several elements on these migrant topics. This afternoon at the Library of Congress in Washington, two Mexican musicians will be recognized, of the kind that doesn't get talked about in these strange things that happen in this binational relationship here in Mexico. Juan Ten and Víctor Pichardo, founders of Sones de México, will receive the National Heritage Fellowship 2026, which is the highest recognition in the United States in traditional arts, awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts for their three decades preserving and promoting traditional Mexican music.

What a reflection it deserves for the binational community, President, from you, who bravely keep singing in Spanish and keep playing sones and keep playing traditional Mexican music in the United States, given the moment and the reality that our paisanos suffer. Any message about these Mexicans who receive the most important awards in the United States with their roots and their Mexican heritage?

By the way, the award they're going to receive this afternoon in Washington is something like the Grammy for traditional music. President, now the not-so-good news. A few days ago the New York Times, with the source reserved, published that in the Alcatraz of the Caimanes, this immigration detention center that has already closed, there were cages. I came here at some point to tell you that the conditions were like that and you told me that the consuls had already given you a report and that everything was normal. I have maintained that you were being informed badly or incorrectly from the United States. Have they now clarified to you what conditions our paisanos and paisanas were in at that detention center? They were caged, President. How is it that we didn't realize that situation?