Day 693 — Sheinbaum Announces Push to Bar Dual Nationals From Presidency, Governorships

On August 25, 2026 (Day 693, Tuesday), President Sheinbaum said her government is preparing a constitutional reform initiative to prohibit dual nationals from serving as president or state governor, asking rhetorically "¿por qué vas a tener doble nacionalidad si representas al pueblo de México?" The proposal was triggered by the case of former Tamaulipas governor Francisco Javier García Cabeza de Vaca, who holds Mexican and U.S. nationality and has lived in the United States since 2022 despite an active Mexican arrest warrant for organized crime and money laundering; Mexico's extradition request has gone unanswered. Sheinbaum called him "un prófugo de la ley." Cabeza de Vaca responded that the Mexican Constitution currently permits him to run for president. The next step is formal filing of the initiative in Congress, where the scope of the restriction — president only, or governors too — will be debated.