Key Points
Claudia Sheinbaum won the Mexican Presidential elections, held on 2 June 2024. As the first female President of Mexico, Sheinbaum, a climate scientist, will take office on 1 October 2024.
Cartel violence remains at a high point. The conflict has produced around 11,000 internally displaced persons, and drug trafficking networks still have significant control of the country through intimidation and bribery.
The Sinaloa and Jalisco New Generation (CJNG) cartels remain the most powerful criminal networks in Mexico, having expanded their operations globally as transnational criminal organizations.
As the last stop of the current migratory corridor to the United States, Mexico is in negotiations with Biden’s cabinet to establish direct deportations to home countries for non-Mexican migrants.
The new President will face several environmental challenges, such as an extreme heat wave, water crisis and deforestation.
It is expected that Sheinbaum will continue with the constitutional reforms proposed by her predecessor, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO).