Mexico President-Elect Claudia Sheinbaum Motorcade Caught in Accident, 1 Dead But She Is OK

A car that was part of the motorcade belonging to Mexico President-Elect Claudia Sheinbaum crashed into another vehicle while traveling in Coahuila state, injuring several people and killing one. The president-elect, however, was ok.

Sheinbaum and her party were traveling north to meet up with President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. She was riding in the car behind the one that crashed and the rest of her motorcade was forced to stop at the scene of the collision. They checked on the people involved as they received attention from emergency staff.

Meanwhile, the person who died was not part of the motorcade but was instead riding the vehicle that crashed into one of the cars in the motorcade, according to Bloomberg. Sheinbaum's office released a statement, saying, "We deeply regret that a person in the other vehicle died."

The incident happened in the town of Monclova, and Mayor Mario Davila stated that the van that was escorting Sheinbaum was driving at high speed and did not stop when it collided with a local car.

Sheinbaum had just visited the infamous mine known as Pasta de Conchos when the incident happened. The mine was the site of a 2006 explosion that killed 60 miners. Almost 20 years later, the first remains have been found at the site earlier this week.

Mexico President-Elect Claudia Sheinbaum To Continue Predecessor AMLO's Judicial Reforms

Sheinbaum has been very busy as she awaits being sworn in as Mexico's next president. On Monday, she announced that she would encourage broad discussions over the proposed constitutional reforms by her predecessor and mentor, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO).

One of these reforms would include having Supreme Court justices in Mexico now being an elected position rather than an appointed one. This will also apply to some lower courts, and critics are sounding the alarm that these changes "would fundamentally alter the balance of power in Mexico."

The uncertainty stemming from these changes has caused the Mexican peso to plunge in value, yet AMLO and Sheinbaum are still pushing for these changes.

"With the current scenario of uncertainty, an exchange rate of 20 pesos per dollar for this year can't be ruled out," said financial analyst Gabriela Siller in a tweet on X.

AMLO Critics Worry Mexico President-Elect Claudia Sheinbaum Would Be Predecessor's Puppet

Meanwhile, as Claudia Sheinbaum prepares to take power from her mentor, many of AMLO's critics have expressed their worries that she would govern Mexico as AMLO's populist "puppet," given her closeness to him and her promising to continue his policies.

However, others are saying that she may inevitably go her own way, as she has promised to have a public debate on judicial reform and has also leaned more towards green energy as a climate scientist rather than embrace her mentor's love for fossil fuels.

As Semafor pointed out, these successors "inevitably go their own way," with author Francisco Goldman noting that "unlike AMLO, she is a politician of the twenty-first, rather than twentieth-century left."

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Written by: Rick Martin

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