The federal government sent two ships with basic food and hygiene items to face the shortage; it is preparing an additional 1,500 tons. Bank of Mexico will continue with cuts if conditions allow. They absorb 18% of the Budget; the peak of the problem is approaching. Help for Cuba is being distributed. It is a solidarity vocation: SRE. These are the highlighted news for Monday, February 9, 2026, in the main national circulation newspapers: Mexico faces a pension crisis. The government allocates more than $1.6 trillion; it increases by 6.8% per year. Some operate with a third of the resources and this year they will have 4,000 million pesos less; this is how they will organize the process to elect 17 governors, 2,000 mayors, and judges. Mexico sends 814 tons of aid to Cuba. Two Navy ships set sail with 814 tons of food; the government reaffirms its 'humanistic principles'. Donald Trump turns ICE into a lethal force. Massive hiring, little training, ability to operate with a covered face, arrest quotas, and investigations into their actions in federal hands make the Immigration Service what US Senator Rubén Gallego calls a 'brigade of thugs'. Mexico doubled its tariff advantage over China in the last year. Mexicans pay an average of 4.18%; the Chinese, 30.93%.
