“My relationship with Ebrard is very good”: Sheinbaum after New York Times article on Line 12

This noon, Claudia Sheinbaum, Head of Government of Mexico City, assured that his relationship with the Secretary for Foreign Relations, Marcelo Ebrard, this is “very good”, after President Andrés Manuel López Obrador assured that there are those who intend to confront the two officials over the tragedy of metro line 12, after the American newspaper The New York Times pulicara reported on the incident.

“My relationship with him is very good and let it be clear, for me it is not a political issue,” he said. He even said he was “Totally agree” with one of the replies the Chancellor made to the international media, where he assured that the real cause of the tragedy It could only be known by objective expert reports.

“This is exactly what we are doing (the expert report) (…) We fully agree with the Chancellor in that, indeed, the truth must be revealed by technical evidence. There will be no confrontation here, what there will be is true, “said Sheinbaum, ask journalists not to touch the subject anymore, because “this is precisely what they are looking for, let’s talk about it, what they want is confrontation into which I will fall for no reason ”.

Also, after the aforementioned media outlet published a report on the May 3 incident, in which it assures that the investigation is based on government documents, the president of the capital denied, once again, that his administration disclose information to the media.

“It has never been the policy of the city government to give notes, news or information by infiltrations to the media. We have always told the truth and that’s why we even these press conferences “, He said.

When asked how he NOW could have obtained detailed photographs of the collapsed structure, He said he did not know because he claimed the area was protected by the capital prosecutor’s office and all officials in his administration are instructed not to release information to the media.

“In my government, we have no policy of leaks to the media. It’s not like that. We must wait for the opinion of the company. I still do not know the document that they will present this week or that they will give to the Town Hall, then the complete repair of line 12, and this is something fundamental ”, specific.

Likewise, he maintained his view that there were vested interests behind the article and claimed that he was seeking the truth and justice of the incident, so He asked to wait for the first step of the official opinion which is about to be known.

For your part, this morning, Lopez Obrador He said The New York Times newspaper had received leaks for its report on the causes of the subway line 12 tragedy in the Mexican capital.

“Well, we have to wait for the opinion, this is an investigation which NOW, and also with leaks that always happen, it’s not that important. I’m not against leaks, It has always existed, and it is very difficult that there is no information leakage, we have to wait for the opinion, I understand that this week the opinion will be issued on the reason for this unfortunate accident, which caused the beat this trab and lose their lives in this accident 26 people, to whom we will always keep our respect and consider our affection for their families ”, declared the Mexican president.

Lopez Obrador asked not to anticipate the report, however, he said that “conservative newspapers take political slots” and most of the media “They took sides. He also assured that there would be no impunity in the case of Line 12, and considered that if there were any information leaks to NOW.

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