Day 717 — Sheinbaum Holds Mañanera in Irapuato, Confirms Trump Call on Trade Deal; Reveals Record 59-Million-Liter Fuel Seizure in Guanajuato

On September 18, 2026 (Day 717, Friday), President Sheinbaum held her mañanera in Irapuato, Guanajuato, alongside Governor Libia Dennise García and her Security Cabinet, as part of her regional "Honestidad y Resultados" report tour. Officials reported the state's daily average of intentional-homicide victims fell 75% between September 2024 and August 2026 (from 12.7 to 3.2 per day) and that federal-state coordination since October 1, 2024 produced more than 10,600 detentions (including 172 priority targets), over 6 tonnes of drugs, 1,000 fentanyl pills, 2,000 firearms and 72,000 cartridges seized. Separately, authorities disclosed a seizure of more than 59 million liters of unverified-origin hydrocarbons (59,036,870.527 liters, roughly 371,000 barrels) across storage tanks on a property in La Fragua, San José Iturbide, Guanajuato — the largest single fuel seizure documented under her administration, nearly quadrupling the prior record of 15.48 million liters seized in Coahuila in July 2025. Sheinbaum said the FGR-led investigation, supported by Pemex, SEDENA and the National Guard, was still tracing the fuel's origin and distribution network and denied any link to former Baja California governor Ernesto Ruffo's July fuel-smuggling case; García Harfuch said no arrests had yet been made but that detentions "vienen después." Sheinbaum also confirmed a September 16 phone call with President Trump — her 22nd since taking office — joined by Foreign Affairs Secretary Roberto Velasco and Economy Secretary Marcelo Ebrard, saying "vamos avanzando bien en la posibilidad de un acuerdo" between Mexico and the US but that no formal announcement could be made until a final agreement is reached; the call preceded a rescheduled Round 4 of USMCA negotiations set for September 28–29 in Washington.