
Mexico’s second-highest official became the butt of jokes after her late arrival to a top-level cabinet meeting, where she was seen struggling to get off the back of a motorcycle, remove a pink helmet, and run inside.
Videos of the incident went viral in Mexico and were shown on most newscasts, where Mexico’s Secretary of the Interior, Rosa Icela Rodriguez, is seen rushing to the meeting in a unique way.
The meeting was due to the arrival of U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, who had arrived in Mexico to meet with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum to discuss the ongoing tensions between the two governments over the southern country’s performance in following Trump’s mandate to eradicate drug cartels.
Publicly, Sheinbaum claimed the meeting was productive and strengthened the binational relationship.
However, the meeting came at a time when tensions continued to escalate over Sheinbaum protecting Sinaloa’s Governor Ruben
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