Day 724 — Sheinbaum Says Juchitán Mayor's Extortion Arrest Is Not Linked to Attack on Designer Elvis Guerra, Contradicting Oaxaca Governor

President Sheinbaum said at her September 25, 2026 mañanera that the September 23 detention of Juchitán de Zaragoza mayor Miguel Sánchez Altamirano — arrested by Navy, federal and state forces alongside an alleged accomplice on outstanding warrants for aggravated extortion and crimes against state security, with the UIF freezing his accounts — is not related to the armed attack on muxe fashion designer Elvis Guerra, who made the dress Sheinbaum wore at the September 15 Grito de Independencia. Sheinbaum said the arrest stemmed from a longer-running organized-crime investigation into extortion and protection-money collection from local merchants, even though it came days after Guerra's attack complaint. Her account directly contradicted Oaxaca Governor Salomón Jara, who had said the mayor's arrest was tied to the attack on Guerra, who had reported escalating extortion threats — including an August demand for 200,000 pesos — before the assault.