President Claudia Sheinbaum headed this Tuesday's morning conference in Mexico City, where she presented the World Cup for 'all' 100 days before the tournament begins. Sheinbaum acknowledged this Tuesday that the disappearance of people 'continues to be a painful situation in the country' and defended that her Government has modified the investigation model to face a phenomenon she considered 'different' from the so-called 'dirty war' of the last century. She emphasized the need to distinguish between the political disappearances of the 1970s and 1980s and those occurring today. In the past, people were disappeared by the Mexican State 'for having a position or for being social fighters in the country' in a context of 'repression and authoritarianism'. In contrast, she stated that today 'the situation is that there are missing persons linked to criminal groups, with organized crime', although she acknowledged that there are other cases, 'which may be passionate, but they are minor'. Sheinbaum explained that after the case of Teuchitlán, in Jalisco, where a recruitment and training site for young people was located, allegedly by organized crime, her Government decided to modify the care model for collectives and families. Among the measures, she highlighted the obligation to open an investigation file from the moment a disappearance is reported. 'This changes everything completely, because the crime is recognized and there is an obligation to search.' She also mentioned the strengthening of an alert system so that, once the complaint is filed, a notification is activated in airports, ports, banks, and transportation systems to try to locate the person in the first hours. 'It must also be said that many people have been found.' As part of the 100-day countdown, the arrival of the trophy in the country represents a message of national strength. 'Mexico is a country that knows how to get up,' Sheinbaum said. She brought the World Cup to her press conference to show it to children who will see the conference online in the future. Mexico will be one of the hosts of the 2026 World Cup, along with the United States and Canada, and will become the only country to host the World Cup for a third time. The director of Coca-Cola Mexico, Louis Balat, assured that the company will seek to make the World Cup an inclusive celebration close to all citizens. 'Our commitment is very, very clear. That it doesn't stay just in the stadiums, but that it is lived in the squares, in the streets, and in the communities of absolutely all corners of this beautiful country.'
