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New INE controls

The General Council of the National Electoral Institute (INE) prepares an oversight proposal for the 2026-2027 process. It seeks to establish greater controls over political parties that have already started internal processes to define candidacies.

The measure aims to regulate activities of candidates that, although they are presented as internal exercises, could constitute anticipated campaign events. The electoral body demands more transparency about the resources used in meetings, assemblies and promotional events.

Until now, the only restriction in force for those seeking a candidacy is to avoid direct calls to vote in their favor, according to resolutions of the Superior Chamber of the TEPJF of 2023. But the INE considers it necessary to expand surveillance due to the early start of partisan activities towards the 2027 elections, where various positions will be renewed.

Obligations and sanctions

The proposal establishes that applicants must inform the institute of the origin and destination of the resources used during internal activities. The objective is to avoid irregular financing or undue advantages.

Those who fail to comply could face sanctions and even lose the right to participate as candidates, if it is proven that they used resources without reporting them. With these measures, the INE seeks to guarantee equitable conditions between the parties and strengthen transparency before the formal start of the campaigns.

Housing for Wellbeing: 1.8 million new homes

From Gómez Palacio, Durango, President Claudia Sheinbaum explained that her administration will build 1.8 million homes, provide 1.8 million supports for home improvement and grant one million deeds. In addition, 5.1 million unpayable loans will be restructured. Everything is part of the Housing for Wellbeing program, which seeks to benefit 11.5 million families throughout the six-year period.

Sheinbaum contrasted this policy with the past: “Before they built 40 m² houses, without services, without transportation. Now they will be at least 60 m², with all services and close to schools and hospitals.”

The director of Infonavit, Octavio Romero, specified that in Durango alone the goal is 25 thousand homes, with an investment of more than 15 billion pesos. At the national level, the institute already has 500 thousand houses contracted, 40% of its goal of 1.2 million.

Women’s Welfare Pension: a right, not a gift

In Río Grande, Zacatecas, the president stressed that the Women’s Welfare Pension is a right for all Mexican women when they turn 60. “It is not a gift, it is a right,” he stated. The program applies to all 32 entities.

Sheinbaum reiterated his support for Mexicans in the United States, whom he called “heroes and heroines of the homeland.” He also highlighted other social programs such as the Benito Juárez scholarship, Rita Cetina, Young People Building the Future and Sowing Life.

The governor of Durango, Esteban Villegas, offered his support and asked for national unity in the face of current challenges.”

Vice Admiral Manuel Roberto Farías Laguna, accused of leading a huachicol network from the Navy, challenged the judicial decision that denied him protection. His defense presented an appeal for review before a Collegiate Court in Criminal Matters.

The court will define whether to admit or reject the appeal. If admitted, he will review the sentence of Judge Jorge Adrián Cruz Flores, who on June 22 denied federal protection. If he ratifies it, the Vice Admiral will continue to be held in the Altiplano prison.

Farías Laguna requested protection in October 2025, after Judge Mario Martínez Elizondo linked him to proceedings for organized crime and fuel trafficking. The FGR accuses him of leading an organization that operated the disembarkation of at least 31 vessels with fiscal huachicol at the customs of Altamira and Tampico, Tamaulipas.

Details of the accusation

According to the Prosecutor’s Office, a group of sailors and customs officials, led by brothers Manuel Roberto and Fernando Farías Laguna, would have coordinated the entry of stolen fuel during the six-year term of former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador. The network operated with complicity within the same institution.

The resolution of the Collegiate Court will be key for the legal future of the accused. The case shows the challenges in the fight against huachicol when it involves senior Navy commanders.