Sheinbaum and Campos recount security dispute
Original reporting: Vallarta Independiente
What happened
Sheinbaum and Chihuahua Governor Maru Campos described a tense private September 19 meeting in Ciudad Juárez. Sheinbaum said Campos made allegations without presenting supporting evidence; Campos described mutual recriminations over security.
Reporting and context
President Claudia Sheinbaum and Chihuahua Governor Maru Campos have acknowledged raising their voices during a private September 19 meeting in Ciudad Juárez, according to Vallarta Independiente. Their accounts describe a confrontation over security and allegations involving public officials.
Speaking at her October 23 morning news conference, Sheinbaum said Campos began the exchange with complaints. She confirmed that both raised their voices in an office near the Ciudad Juárez airport.
Sheinbaum said Campos blamed her former prosecutor for foreign agents entering Mexico and accused him of corruption. The president also said Campos alleged that Ariadna Montiel had links to drug trafficking, but presented no evidence to support that allegation. Sheinbaum said she asked Campos to provide evidence and that relations with the governor would continue through institutional channels.
Vallarta Independiente reported that Campos separately described the encounter in an interview with Carlos Loret de Mola for Latinus. Campos said the two women were alone and that the tense discussion lasted about ten minutes, with mutual recriminations focused on security in Chihuahua and across Mexico.
The source image combines portraits of the two officials; it is not a photograph of their private meeting.
Original reporting: Vallarta Independiente.