The continual message from President Trump to President Claudia Sheinbaum has been clear, ‘clean it up or possibly we will’, as Trump has publicly and repeatedly said Sheinbaum and the Mexican government were under the control of Mexican cartels.
Following the daring capture of Venezuela dictator Nicholas Maduro, Mexican President Sheinbaum took notice. In the past few months dozens of government officials and cartel members have been targeted, arrested, indicted, extradited and removed from positions of influence.
Today, Mexican Security Minister Omar García Harfuch announced the arrest of Cuautla Mayor Jesús Corona Damián (pictured left).
(Bloomberg) — Mexican authorities detained the mayor of a historic city near the capital, the latest move designed to show the government is rooting out corrupt politicians from its ranks.
Cuautla Mayor Jesús Corona Damián was arrested Saturday, Security Minister Omar García Harfuch wrote in a post on social media platform X. An arrest warrant had been issued by the general prosecutor’s office on May 20.
Corona was on the run in recent days, after the security ministry announced in May the arrests of other top officials in Morelos State. The moves are part of a broader operation under President Claudia Sheinbaum, who took office in 2024 with an anti-corruption message, to nab dozens of politicians taking part in extortion scams and with alleged ties to broader crime rackets.
“With this operation, more than 85 officials and former officials have been detained, including seven mayors currently in office,” García Harfuch said on X. “The government of Mexico maintains a policy of zero impunity regarding any links between authorities and criminal groups.”
Corona, who was also elected mayor in 2024, has been accused of involvement in extortion by state and federal officials, which he has denied. Federal prosecutors opened an investigation after a video surfaced in which he can be seen having drinks with an alleged drug trafficker linked to Mexico’s infamous Sinaloa Cartel. He was shot at in 2024 but survived the attack in a car with bulletproof glass. (read more)
En continuidad del Operativo Enjambre, instruido por la Presidenta Claudia Sheinbaum, y en el marco de la Estrategia Nacional contra la Extorsión, este día fue detenido por el @GabSeguridadMX gracias al Centro Nacional de Inteligencia Jesús “N”, presidente municipal de Cuautla,…
— Omar H Garcia Harfuch (@OHarfuch) May 30, 2026
