Sheinbaum Ally Hit by Scandal Over Alleged Ties to Drug Cartels

Senator Adán Augusto López, center, during a session of the National Council of the Morena Party in Mexico City on July 20. — Senator Adán Augusto López, center, during a session of the National Council of the Morena Party in Mexico City on July 20.Photographer: Alejandro Cegarra/Bloomberg

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By Alex Vasquez

July 21, 2025 at 8:37 PM UTC

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A bubbling political scandal reaching into the senior ranks of Mexico’s ruling party is threatening to chip away at President Claudia Sheinbaum’s carefully constructed image as a crime fighter.