Day 704 — Sheinbaum Tours Colima, Jalisco and Nayarit; Rebuffs Cuyutlán Port Protesters, Blasts Fox-'Alito' Moreno Meeting

On September 5, 2026 (Day 704, Saturday), President Sheinbaum continued her state-by-state Second Government Report tour with three stops in western Mexico: Colima (10:15 AM), the Arena VFG in Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, Jalisco (2:30 PM) and the Explanada de la Feria in Tepic, Nayarit (6:45 PM). In Colima, members of the Sal de Colima cooperative and other groups opposing the Port of Manzanillo's planned expansion into the Cuyutlán lagoon — a Ramsar wetland site — interrupted her remarks; Sheinbaum dismissed the disruption as provocation, saying, "Si fuera una demanda legítima, aceptarían reunirse con nosotros para atender sus inquietudes. No vamos a caer en la provocación." She reported 245,365 Colima residents receive Bienestar welfare programs and, in Jalisco, cited 962,111 beneficiaries of the Pension for Elderly Adults, alongside a confirmation that construction on the Mexico City-Querétaro-Irapuato-León-Guadalajara passenger rail line will begin in 2027. Separately, asked about the previous day's meeting between former president Vicente Fox and PRI national leader Alejandro "Alito" Moreno at PRI headquarters, Sheinbaum said the pairing showed they "quieren regresar al pasado de corrupción y privilegios," framing it as an attempted PRI-PAN alliance ahead of the 2027 midterms and contrasting it with her government's welfare programs.