Kenia López Rabadán criticizes the INE for not stopping early campaigns

Proposal and reactions

President Claudia Sheinbaum’s initiative to create the General Law to Prevent, Investigate and Punish Femicide generated divided positions in the Senate. Morena will seek to rule it as a priority at the beginning of the next period in September, while the PRI and the PAN expressed reservations.

PRI: the problem is impunity

PRI senator Carolina Viggiano Austria maintained that feminicide cannot be resolved with new laws or increased penalties. “You can put 100 years or 70 years in prison, but if you never manage to investigate or sentence those responsible, what you put is simply propaganda,” he said.

He pointed out that the real reform is in the local prosecutor’s offices: insufficient, poorly paid and unprepared public ministries. He proposed strengthening research, technology and specialized personnel capacities with a gender perspective.

PAN: in-depth review

Mayuli Latifa Martínez, vice coordinator of the PAN, asked to read the initiative before setting a position. “This heinous crime against women should unify us,” she said. But he warned that it is not enough to create standards: prevention and protection actions are required.

He highlighted that before feminicide there is a chain of attacks—familial, psychological, economic—that many victims do not report due to lack of prompt justice and economic dependence. He demanded a detailed analysis of the obligations for the states.

Morena: approval required

Morenoist Verónica Camino Farjat celebrated that the proposal reached the Senate first. He explained that there are currently differences between states in the classification and sanctions of feminicide, which benefits perpetrators in cases that cross borders. “What we are looking for is that the same classification exists in all states,” he indicated.

Camino Farjat announced that the commissions could begin the analysis immediately, even before the regular period, to have the opinion ready in the first week of September. The Morena bench considers the initiative a priority to protect women’s rights.

The Secretary of the Navy (Semar) reported that in recent days, naval personnel located and disabled two clandestine laboratories in Michoacán and Nayarit. In the operations, 11 reactors of approximately 30 thousand liters were seized, as well as 2.5 tons of chemical precursors and specialized infrastructure for the production of illicit substances.

Details of the operation

According to a statement from the agency, both facilities had a production capacity of more than 17.5 tons per month. The estimated value in the illicit market reaches 412 million dollars. Semar stated that this seizure represents resources that stopped strengthening financial structures of criminal organizations.

The laboratories were identified through naval intelligence work, aerial and ground surveillance, operational reconnaissance and coordinated actions between security authorities.

Semar highlighted that under the current administration it has located and disabled a total of 75 clandestine laboratories. This is equivalent to an economic impact for organized crime of 20 thousand 186 million 608 thousand 766 Mexican pesos.

The agency assured that it will continue with these tasks as part of the National Security Strategy. Just on July 14, the Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection, Omar García Harfuch, reported that from October to June the Security Cabinet has dismantled 2,627 clandestine laboratories and methamphetamine concentration areas. In addition, it reported 498.98 tons of drugs seized, including 5 million 546 thousand fentanyl pills.

The National Electoral Institute (INE) will discuss this Thursday the guidelines to regulate the so-called “advance campaigns”, the period in which the parties choose their candidates for the 2026-2027 Electoral Process. The proposal, promoted by counselor Jorge Montaño, seeks to avoid abuses and guarantee an even floor among applicants.

What do the new guidelines contemplate?

The project establishes that internal selection expenses be charged to the parties as ordinary expenses, with limits: 3 million pesos for activities of candidates and 800 thousand for events with militants. In addition, the INE may send representatives to public events of the so-called “coordinators” or “defenders” to verify that they are not calling for voting before the pre-campaigns.

It also requires aspiring public servants who have not left office to avoid the use of public resources, submit expense reports and comply with rules on artificial intelligence. The proposal, perfected in working groups with parties, now covers all positions and not just governorships.

Adjustments for the Verification Commission

The General Council will also modify the Commission Regulations to allow the integration of the Candidacy Integrity Verification Commission, created in Claudia Sheinbaum’s electoral reform. Its goal is to prevent organized crime from infiltrating the ballots. Sources from the INE announced that next week the formation of this new body will be defined.