Ayuso accuses Mexico and the Government of putting her security at risk “in a dangerous country” while Moncloa affirms that she never asked for protection

The president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, has accused the Government of Mexico of Claudia Sheinbaum and the Spanish Executive of having “abandoned” her during her recent institutional trip to the Latin American country. From Moncloa, however, they maintain that the leader of the Popular Party did not formally request additional protection nor conveyed any special security request to the Spanish diplomatic authorities.

In an interview on COPE, Ayuso stated that both she and her team had to “cut and disappear” given the risk that, she assured, remaining in a country “engulfed in drug trafficking” entailed. The Madrid president described Mexico as a “deeply violent and dangerous” place and denounced that the Spanish Government left her “to her own devices” during a visit that included institutional meetings and events linked to economic relations between Madrid and Mexico.

The popular leader pointed directly at Sheinbaum, accusing her of launching attacks against her from the beginning of the trip. According to Ayuso, the climate generated during her stay ended up forcing her to modify part of her agenda to avoid “endangering” both her team and herself.

Ayuso also referred to her absence at the Premios Platino, where she assures that she finally decided not to attend after Sheinbaum allegedly intervened with the Xcaret complex to prevent her presence. The Madrid president affirmed having “proof” about those pressures, although the tourist group publicly denied having received threats and attributed the situation to the statements made by the Spanish leader.

During the interview, the Madrid president also criticized the Mexican ruling party, Morena, assuring that since its arrival to power there have been “hundreds of murdered politicians” and “more than 100,000 disappeared”. Ayuso linked these figures with an alleged institutional deterioration in Mexico and drew parallels with the Spanish political situation, alerting about what she defined as an “institutional woodworm” in both countries.