The duo that proved so effective for Claudia Sheinbaum during her tenure as Head of Government has returned to improve security and combat organized crime in Mexico City. This information was reported by The Wall Street Journal, one day before the anticipated meeting between Sheinbaum and Trump in Washington regarding the draw for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. To prevent a security deterioration similar to the one that occurred in Sinaloa following the treacherous blow to the Sinaloa Cartel, Harfuch is said to have requested time to gather information and conduct intelligence work. The goal is to ensure the capture of a new 'capo of capos' does not result in chaos, looting, narco-blockades, acts of violence, and other incidents that could jeopardize the hosting of the football matches in the country. 'Everything points to much of this being included in a chapter of the bilateral security agreement between Mexico and the United States,' added one of the sources, who recalled that according to estimates from the Ministry of Tourism, next year the country will receive close to 67 million foreign visitors due to the World Cup. Due to gender parity, Zaldívar faces a dark-horse candidate for the position of Legal Counselor. This would involve a new transfer of high-profile drug cartel members, classified as terrorists in the United States, and who so far this year already number 55 Mexican drug traffickers handed over to American justice. Ernestina Godoy and Omar García Harfuch are working together. In exchange, a third delivery of narcotraffickers could be made. But the pressure and the challenge are now 32 times greater. While versions of the departure of Alejandro Gertz Manero from the Attorney General's Office are being confirmed, Godoy Ramos and her team are already grappling with the crossword puzzle that has become the enormous backlog of cases left behind by the first head of the FGR. As occurred when Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada was kidnapped and detained in the United States in 2024—a pressure that increased with Trump's return to the White House last January—the pressure is now back on the Secretary of Federal Security to deliver a major blow against drug trafficking, just months before the 2026 World Cup. However, as several federal officials from the National Palace confided to this editorial team with the recorder off, the request from the White House was rejected, and through Prosecutor Pam Bondi, the capture of another 'capo of capos' was negotiated, bypassing the most important football festival.
