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Xóchitl Gálvez challenges the presidential election before the authority and asks for a sanction for López Obrador

Former opposition presidential candidate Xóchitl Gálvez Ruiz presented this Thursday to the National Electoral Institute (INE) of Mexico a challenge to the electoral process and asked that it open an investigation and, if so, sanction the probable intervention of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador as well as the violence of organized crime.

Gálvez clarified that “it is not about asking for the annulment of the election, but that there is a sanction to President López Obrador for his interference in the electoral process” that culminated in the triumph of Claudia Sheinbaum, who obtained 35 million votes, that is, almost 60% of the votes in the elections on June 2.

He explained that a “Judgment for the Protection of the Political-Electoral Rights of the Citizen” was presented with the purpose of contributing elements to the presidential qualification and that in the recitals of his sentence his arguments are taken into account.

“Yes, I am challenging. I am not asking for the cancellation of the election. What I am asking is that the Court sanction the President because there have been more than 50 yellow cards. In a soccer game with two yellow cards you are expelled and not here. The President followed, continued, continued and the Court has to do something,” he said.

He said that he will also ask the Court to investigate the use of public resources in the campaign of Sheinbaum, candidate of the Sigamos Haciendo Historia coalition, since López Obrador “presented the social programs as his own and expressed that if another party won, they would be removed.”

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In the document he delivered to the INE, Gálvez recalled that before the start of the electoral process, López Obrador used the space of his everyday conferences to act as a true “campaign head” of Sheinbaum.

In addition, Gálvez said, “there was a clear systematic and repeated intervention of the governors, who dedicated themselves to promoting Sheinbaum’s candidacy.”

This Thursday, the Specialized Chamber of the Electoral Tribunal of the Judicial Power of the Mexican Federation (TEPJF) concluded that López Obrador committed gender-based political violence against Gálvez.

The body, according to a statement, determined this position as a result of “expressions expressed” by the president in several of his daily conferences in June and July 2023.

And he added that there was a “symbolic violence” from the “woman and indigenous character” of Gálvez because the stereotype of “inferiority or dependence to access public offices” was “reinforced.”

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The then candidate of Force and Heart for Mexico filed complaints with the electoral authority since July 2023 against the president and officials of his Government for the misuse of public resources and gender-based political violence.

International

Kristi Noem credits Trump for mass migrant deportations by mexican president

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem claimed that Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has deported “more than half a million” migrants due to pressure from former President Donald Trump.

During a cabinet meeting highlighting the “achievements” of Trump’s administration in its first 100 days, Noem asserted that under the Republican leader’s influence, “Mexico has finally come to the table” to negotiate on migration and fentanyl trafficking.

“The president of Mexico told me she has returned just over half a million people before they reached our border,” Noem stated, criticizing media reports that suggest the Biden administration deported more migrants than Trump’s.

“I wish those deportations were counted,” Noem added, “because those people never made it to our border—she sent them back because you made her.” She went on to thank Trump: “They never made it here because they got the message—because you were so aggressive.”

Noem has made controversial claims about Sheinbaum in the past, prompting the Mexican leader to refute them.

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On April 1, Sheinbaum responded to one such statement by declaring, “The president answers to only one authority, and that is the people of Mexico,” after Noem said on Fox News that she gave Sheinbaum “a list of things Trump would like to see” and that Mexico’s actions would determine whether Trump granted tariff relief.

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Vatican releases special “Sede Vacante” stamps ahead of papal transition

he Vatican’s post offices and select collector shops began selling special edition stamps this week to mark the period between the death of Pope Francis and the election of his successor.

Known as “Sede Vacante” stamps, they feature an image used on official Vatican documents during the interregnum between popes — two crossed keys without the papal tiara. These stamps went on sale Monday and will remain valid for postal use only until the new pontiff appears at the window overlooking St. Peter’s Square.

Until then, they can be used to send letters, postcards, and parcels. “Once the new pope is elected, the stamps lose their postal validity, but their collectible value rises,” said Francesco Santarossa, who runs a collectors’ shop across from St. Peter’s Square.

The Vatican has issued the stamps in four denominations: €1.25, €1.30, €2.45, and €3.20. Each is inscribed with “Città del Vaticano” and “Sede Vacante MMXXV” — Latin for “Vacant See 2025.”

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Conclave to choose pope Francis’ successor could begin in early may

The conclave, which in the coming weeks must choose the successor to Pope Francis, will strictly follow a precise protocol refined over centuries.

The 135 cardinal electors, all under the age of 80, will cast their votes four times a day — except on the first day — until one candidate secures a two-thirds majority. The result will be announced to the world through the burning of the ballots with a chemical that produces the eagerly awaited white smoke, accompanied by the traditional cry of “Habemus Papam.”

The start date for the conclave could be announced today, as the cardinals are set to hold their fifth meeting since the pope’s passing. Luxembourg Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich suggested it could begin on May 5 or 6, following the traditional nine days of mourning. According to German Cardinal Reinhard Marx, the conclave could last only “a few days.”

Although the late Argentine pontiff appointed the majority of the cardinal electors, this does not necessarily ensure the selection of a like-minded successor. Francis’ leadership style differed significantly from that of his predecessor, Benedict XVI, a German theologian who was less fond of large public gatherings. It also marked a contrast with the popular Polish pope, John Paul II.

The Argentine Jesuit’s reformist papacy drew strong criticism from more conservative sectors of the Church, who are hoping for a doctrinally focused shift. His tenure was marked by efforts to combat clerical sexual abuse, elevate the role of women and laypeople, and advocate for the poor and migrants, among other causes.