Day 718 — Sheinbaum Joins Second National Earthquake Drill from Chihuahua; Tension with Gov. Maru Campos Surfaces on Accountability Tour Stop

On September 19, 2026 (Day 718, Saturday), President Sheinbaum took part in the Segundo Simulacro Nacional 2026 — the nationwide earthquake drill marking the anniversaries of the 1985 and 2017 earthquakes — from Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, where she was making the 23rd stop of her "Honestidad y Resultados" accountability tour. The drill activated 98% of Mexico City's 27,984 seismic-alert loudspeakers (a reaction time of 1 minute 43 seconds and roughly 7.89 million participants in the capital alone) at the noon local-time alert, with a moment of silence held in Tlatelolco for the victims of the 1985 and 2017 quakes; Sheinbaum said the exercises "nos permiten detectar fallas antes de enfrentar una emergencia real" and reaffirmed "la prevención es nuestra fuerza." Her Chihuahua stop was notable for the absence of Governor María Eugenia "Maru" Campos Galván (PAN), with whom relations have cooled since the 2024 Sierra del Pinal drug-lab raid in which two U.S. CIA operatives died and Sheinbaum's May 2026 questioning of Campos's bilateral security pact with Texas. Campos had requested a sit-down on security, water resources, and 1944-treaty compliance, but Sheinbaum limited their contact to a brief airport greeting and did not incorporate her into the state event. Addressing the crowd, Sheinbaum invoked historical memory and sovereignty — "los pueblos que no tienen memoria tampoco tienen brújula" — framing Mexican independence and figures like Benito Juárez as evidence that "la soberanía debe residir en el pueblo y no en potencias extranjeras." Residents lined her motorcade route through Ciudad Juárez, some chanting support.