Claudia Sheinbaum attends the World Cup final and delivers the Ballon d’Or

The president witnessed Spain's victory and presented the award to the best player.

Sheinbaum presents the Ballon d’Or

President Claudia Sheinbaum attended the 2026 World Cup final at MetLife Stadium in New York. Accompanied by Donald Trump, Mark Carney and Gianni Infantino, she witnessed the match where Spain beat Argentina 1-0.

The Mexican president presented the Ballon d’Or to the best player of the tournament, Rodrigo Hernández, captain of the Spanish team. He also participated in the awards ceremony, greeting players and referees.

“We show that, when we work together, we are capable of making great projects a reality and leaving a legacy of cooperation, friendship and hope for the world,” Sheinbaum wrote on social networks.

He highlighted that the World Cup was a symbol of joy, emotion and unity between people. He congratulated the Mexican National Team for its performance and Spain for the title.

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Trump and Infantino were greeted with boos from the fans when they appeared on the field. Sheinbaum, on the other hand, remained in the box with Melania Trump and Mark Carney.

This was the first World Cup match that the president attended. He had given away his ticket for the inauguration at the Mexico City Stadium on June 11, where Mexico faced South Africa.

At the end of the meeting, he reiterated that sport brings nations together and that Mexico demonstrated organizational capacity together with the United States and Canada.

Trump jokes about tariffs on Mexico for lettuce and Canada for smoke

The president joked about taxes and mentioned infection outbreaks and forest fires.

Trump’s statements

US President Donald Trump joked this Friday about the possibility of imposing “a big tariff” on Mexico for lettuce allegedly linked to an outbreak of intestinal infections. He also targeted Canada for the smoke from its forest fires.

During a talk with journalists, he made the comparison in an ironic tone: “lettuce or smoke?” Then, laughing, he said he would prefer smoke. The statement came a day after announcing new 10% tariffs on products from 60 countries, including Mexico and Canada.

Comments about Mexico

The comment arose after confirming that analyzes of a batch of lettuce from Taylor Farms México, held in Laredo, Texas, were negative for the Cyclospora cayetanensis parasite. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) noted that an initially positive sample was a false positive. The alert had affected Mexican producers, especially in Guanajuato, after linking the lettuce used by chains such as Taco Bell with cases of cyclosporiasis.

Criticism of Canada

Trump also questioned the effects of the Canadian fires, whose smoke covered cities such as New York, Chicago and Detroit. He stated that he will ask Canada to take action and maintained that the problem had not arisen before. All this occurs in the midst of a trade policy marked by tariff threats towards its main partners.

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Possible remains found at cremation site in Ayutla, Jalisco

Activists find alleged clandestine oven in Jalisco; state authorities without support.

The search mother Ceci Patricia Flores Armenta, founder of the Mothers Searchers of Sonora collective, reported that together with groups from Jalisco they located an alleged incineration site in the municipality of Ayutla. Multiple remains of human origin were found at the site.

No institutional support

The families requested assistance from the State Person Search Commission to go to the point. The request was rejected. Flores Armenta denounced on social networks that the authorities did not offer support, transportation, tools or resources to continue with the recovery of the evidence.

“Searching should not be a sentence for families,” said the activist.

He pointed out that the groups do not have privileges, but rather the fulfillment of a legal and human obligation of the Mexican State. He demanded institutional support for those involved in locating missing persons.

The discovery joins other cases in the region where clandestine ovens linked to forced disappearance have been detected. So far, the State Search Commission has not issued an official position on the incident.

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Tropical depression south of Guerrero could become a hurricane

Weather system advances in the Pacific while Fausto intensifies towards Hawaii.

System in the Pacific

A tropical depression located about 965 kilometers south of Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, maintains the possibility of evolving into a tropical storm and then a hurricane in the coming days, according to the United States National Hurricane Center (NHC).

For now, the system does not represent a direct threat to Mexican territory.

Hurricane Fausto under surveillance

Meanwhile, Hurricane Fausto reached category 2 and remains under observation for its possible approach to the Hawaiian archipelago during the next week.

Fausto is located about 2,250 kilometers west of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula.

It has maximum sustained winds of around 169 kilometers per hour.

Although its path and the magnitude of its effects cannot yet be determined precisely, meteorologists warned that the risk of rain and winds in Hawaii increased.

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