Day 719 — Sheinbaum Warns Against Foreign Intervention at Baja California Sur Accountability Stop; Governor Pledges Wetlands and Mangrove Protections

On September 20, 2026 (Day 719, Sunday), President Sheinbaum held the next stop of her "Honestidad y Resultados" nationwide accountability tour in Baja California Sur, continuing the sovereignty message she struck a day earlier in Chihuahua. She told the crowd "México es un país libre, independiente y soberano, bastante nos costó" — invoking the historical cost in lives and sacrifice of Mexican independence — and argued that political authority rests with the Mexican people rather than with foreign powers or domestic elites seeking outside backing for internal disputes, a message read as a continued rebuttal to U.S. pressure narratives around cartel control and sovereignty. Baja California Sur Governor Víctor Manuel Castro Cosío used the event to announce a state commitment to protect the peninsula's wetlands, coastal dunes, mangroves, marine reefs and other protected natural areas from harmful development projects. Separately, border-area coverage noted Sheinbaum's motorcade had passed through Ciudad Juárez with her vehicle window down as residents gathered along the route, some chanting support, as she reiterated that defending national sovereignty and independence is a responsibility shared by all Mexicans.