Sonora Tour Day 2: Yaqui Land Restitution Decree; Hermosillo Hospital Inauguration; Navojoa Canal Delivery

On May 9, 2026, President Claudia Sheinbaum completed the second day of her three-day working tour of Sonora — her fifth visit to the state since taking office. Three major events marked the day: (1) At 9:15 AM, Sheinbaum inaugurated the Hospital General de Zona No. 15 'Dr. Ernesto Ramos Bours' in Hermosillo, adding a major public health facility to Sonora's capital. (2) At approximately 12:15 PM in San Ignacio Río Muerto (Yaqui River valley), Sheinbaum signed a Land Restitution Decree for the Yaqui People as part of the Yaqui People's Justice Plan (Plan de Justicia del Pueblo Yaqui). She also inaugurated a School Dining Hall at Miguel Jaime Buitimea Elementary School. The Yaqui Justice Plan — an act of historical restitution first formalized under AMLO in 2021 — commits the federal government to restoring ancestral lands, guaranteeing water rights, and providing legal certainty for the indigenous Yaqui people of the Yaqui River valley. Sheinbaum framed the land restitution as an extension of her Indigenous Peoples' Justice Plans initiative, which had opened the previous day at Punta Chueca with the Seri Aqueduct inauguration. (3) In the afternoon in Navojoa, Sheinbaum delivered the first stage of the Navojoa Main Canal (Canal de las Pilas), providing agricultural water concession titles to producers in the key wheat and vegetable production zone of southern Sonora. The multi-day Sonora tour — covering indigenous communities, hospitals, and water infrastructure — came amid the ongoing US-Mexico sovereignty crisis (CIA-Chihuahua operation, consulate review threat, DOJ indictment of Governor Rocha Moya) and approximately one week before the anticipated Banxico rate decision on May 14.