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 MRN: 23 MEXICO 2544
 Date/DTG: Sep 16, 2023 / 160150Z SEP 23
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 Subject: (U) Mexico: Weekly Political Blotter, Sep 11-15

 (U) Mexico: Weekly Political Blotter, Sep 11-15

 1. ~ This edition of Mission Mexico's Political Blotter features:

 • Ebrard Challenges MORENA Election, Threatens to Leave Party
 • INE Names Commission Members Ahead of 2024 Election
 • Mexico City Security Secretary Steps Down, Might Run for Mexico
 City Head of Government
 • Pablo Vazquez Becomes Mexico City's New Security Secretary
 • Former MORENA Senate Leader Ricardo Monreal Will Not Run for
 Mexico City Head of Government
 • Criminals Targeting and Killing Prosecutors in Guerrero
 • Guadalajara Mayor Launches Gubernatorial Campaign
 • Mexican Congress Hears Testimony on Alien Life

 fS8¼::ij Ebrard Challenges MORENA Election, Threatens to Leave Party

 2. ~ Former Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard announced September 11 he
 wou ld cha llenge the results of MORENA's presidential contender selection

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 process, alleging irregularities. On September 10, Sonora Governor and MORENA
 National Council President Alfonso Durazo formally certified the results of the
 party's selection process; while Durazo indicated he would continue to examine
 Ebrard's complaints, he also indicated he did not assess that the end results
 would change in light of Ebrard's allegations. Ebrard said he expected the
 MORENA Honesty and Justice Committee (responsible for solving intra-party
 conflicts) to hear his challenge, but also added he would "not be interested in
 remaining in MORENA" if the party rejected his allegations. He announced he
 would travel across the country starting September 18 to meet with supporters
 and formalize the creation of a new national political movement. Some outlets
 reported Ebrard created a new political party, but electoral laws would not allow
 this until 2026.

 3. ~ Comment: Having moved on from its contender selection process,
 MORENA is unlikely to validate any of Ebrard's challenges and therefore his
 options seem limited: he could join Citizen's Movement (MC) as its presidential
 candidate (despite some strong opposition within MC, especially from the party's
 Jalisco wing), remain with and create a new "Ebrardista current" within MORENA,
 or join the opposition Broad Front alliance. He cannot form a new party in time
 for the June 2024 elections, and the last day to register as an independent
 candidate (September 8) came and went without his taking action. His latest
 statements and attacks on MORENA's leadership however, increasingly make it
 impossible for him to remain in the party: the party has certified Sheinbaum as its
 candidate, Sheinbaum has embarked on a nationwide tour, and there is no sign
 whatsoever that there will be a do-over of the poll, as Ebrard desires. Ebrard
 retains the support of dozens of MORENA and allied party legislators, but even
 they seem reluctant to leave the party, which limits his leverage. End comment.

 fS8¼:ij INE Names Commission Members Ahead of 2024 Election

 4. ~ The INE council approved the designation of presidents and members of
 key INE commissions September 9 who will oversee the 2024 elections. After a
 contentious session where some councilors seemed at odds on the designations
 (pro-MORENA councilors opposing anti-MORENA councilors, according to
 analysts), INE agreed on the makeup of the commissions that will be in place until
 September 2024. Analysts considered the designations a defeat for MORENA
 because, although its bloc obtained the presidency of key commissions (for

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 example the auditing commission, tasked with reviewing party expenditures), the
 pro-MORENA bloc still does not have a majority in them. Notably, the complaints
 committee (tasked with analyzing electoral violations and which previously had a
 pro-MORENA majority) now has an anti-MORENA majority.

 fS8t:li Mexico City Security Secretary Steps Down, Might Run for Head of
 Government

 5. ~ After expressing interest in a possible run for Mexico City head of
 government last week (ref A), Mexico City Security Secretary Omar Garcia Harfuch
 resigned September 9, saying in a video he would "collaborate with Claudia
 Sheinbaum, who with her vision and leadership will give continuity to the
 country's transformation." Mexico City's constitution requires officials with a role
 in police forces to step down before the electoral process begins (September 10)
 if they intend to run for public office in the city. Garcia Harfuch leads potential
 MORENA and opposition candidates in almost every poll.

 fS8t:li Pablo Vazquez Becomes Mexico City's New Security Secretary

 6. ~ Mexico City Head of Government Marti Batres announced September 9
 Under Secretary of Citizen Participation and Crime Prevention Pablo Vazquez
 Camacho would replace Garcia Harfuch as Security Secretary. Vazquez has
 worked four years for Mexico City's Secretariat of Citizen Security (SSC). In his
 role as Under Secretary, Vazquez implemented and coordinated violence
 prevention and reintegration programs, including the "Cease Fire" program to
 reduce gun violence and homicides and the "Reconnect" program to prevent
 recidivism in first time criminal offenders, according to media outlets Milenio and
 La Silla Rota. Prior to SSC, Vazquez worked for the federa l Security Secretariat
 (SSPC) and in the then-Prosecutor's General Office. Outside of government, he
 has been a guest criminology professor at the National Institute of Criminal
 Sciences in Mexico City. Vazquez has a bachelor's degree in international
 relations from the Mexico Autonomous Institute of Technology and a master's
 degree in criminology from the London School of Economics and Political Science,
 according to press reports. La Silla Rota reported Vazquez also studied organized
 crime in Sicily and Macedonia.

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 ~ Former MORENA Senate Leader Ricardo Monreal Will Not Run for Mexico
 City Head of Government

 7. ~ After finishing last in the MORENA presidential contender selection
 process and after Omar Garcia Harfuch's resignation and potential entry to the
 Mexico City head of government race, former MORENA Senate Leader Ricardo
 Monreal announced September 12 he would not run for Mexico City head of
 government. Predicting the candidate selection would come down to either
 Garcia Harfuch or lztapalapa Mayor Clara Brugada and noting he had no chance of
 winning the MORENA nod, Monreal said he did not want to cause divisions within
 the party. In a series of interviews, Monreal also said he had no interest in
 serving as a cabinet member in a potential Sheinbaum administration and would
 now focus on teaching, writing, and "hop[ing] for better times." Yet on the same
 day Sheinbaum announced Monreal as her campaign's organization and territorial
 coordinator, and former Interior Secretary Adan Augusto Lopez as her political
 coordinator.

 8. f5ffi:fl Comment: Monreal went from being one of the most powerful figures in
 the ruling coalition to an outcast in only a few years, mostly because of his open
 disagreements with Lopez Obrador. His addition to Sheinbaum's campaign
 despite having a close relationship with her shows he is willing to collaborate,
 although likely in exchange for positions for his close advisors. On September 12,
 media reported Monreal's daughter would run for mayor of Cuauhtemoc, the
 Mexico City borough where Monreal served 2015-2018. Meanwhile current
 mayor of Cuauhtemoc Sandra Cuevas (PRD), who reportedly also has close ties
 with Monreal, is trying to secure the opposition's candidacy for Mexico City head
 of government. End comment.

 ~ Criminals Targeting and Killing Prosecutors in Guerrero

 9. ~ Criminals killed two Guerrero prosecutors within a week's time mid­
 September following attacks against two other prosecutors in July (ref B) and
 August. Criminals assassinated the state delegate of the Federal Attorney
 General's Office (FGR) in Guerrero, Fernando Garcia Fernandez, while he drove his
 vehicle to his office in Chilpancingo September 12. First reports noted armed
 men appeared to coordinate the attack as they shot at Garcia from two
 vehicles. In addition, criminals kidnapped from his home and then killed the

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 recently appointed Guerrero state attorney general's office (FGE) regional
 prosecutor for the Tierra Caliente region, Victor Manuel Salas Cuadras, in Coyuca
 de Catalan September 9, according to Proceso. Security officials found Salas' body
 with approximately 50 gunshot wounds. In a separate late August incident, media
 reported 20 armed commandos kidnapped Patricia Jacqueline Salgado, recently
 appointed as head FGE prosecutor in Coyuca de Catalan. Authorities later located
 Salgado alive but have made no arrests thus far. Interior Secretary Luisa Maria
 Alcalde said during the September 11 presidential press conference there was a
 pattern of attacks against prosecutors in Guerrero in recent months, which was
 related to recent law enforcement arrests and seizures.

 fS8t:ij Guadalajara Mayor Launches Gubernatorial Campaign

 10. f5i:H::li Guadalajara Mayor Pablo Lemus (MC) launched his campaign for Jalisco
 governor during his second annual mayoral address on September 12. "I want to
 ask for your support to build a social and collective project," Lemus announced.
 He called for party unity, and specifically welcomed MC national coordinator
 Dante Delgado's representative despite the rift that emerged in August between
 Jalisco MC and the national party (ref C). Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro, Nuevo
 Leon Governor Samuel Garcia, Monterrey Mayor Luis Donaldo Colosio, and other
 MC leaders from Jalisco and Nuevo Leon (the two states MC governs) all attended
 the event. Lemus highlighted the presence of former Jalisco Governor Emilio
 Gonzalez (National Action Party - PAN) and University of Guadalajara (UdeG)
 Rector Ricardo Villanueva (Hagamos, affiliated with UdeG). Polls show Lemus
 holds a commanding lead over rivals from across the political spectrum.

 (U) Mexican Congress Hears Testimony on Alien Life

 11. (U) Congress heard testimony on unidentified aerial phenomenon (UAP)
 September 12, from experts including from Mexican journalist Jaime Maussan
 and former U.S. Navy pilot Ryan Graves, who previously testified before the U.S.
 Congress. The hearing was to debate language on UAP in the Aerial Space
 Protection Law which, if approved, would make Mexico the first country to
 formally acknowledge the presence of alien life on Earth. Experts asked
 legislators to recognize UAP, guarantee airspace securit y, and allow UAP to be
 studied. Experts also presented to Congress two alleged alien corpses and videos
 of Mexican pilots' encounters with fast-moving flying objects during flight. After

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 the hearing, Graves lamented the display took away from his and other pilots'
 experiences with UAP and expressed disappointment with Maussan's
 "unsubstantiated stunt." Scientists have discredited previous alleged alien
 corpses Maussan presented as evidence of alien life.

 (U) Figure 1: Mexican journalist Jaime Maussan presented t he alleged remains of non-human beings to
 Congress. (Photo credit: Reuters)

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