Overview
- President Claudia Sheinbaum called the remarks by Adriana Marín “very unfortunate,” said the figures are not official, and emphasized ongoing intelligence work on criminal recruitment.
- The clip, recorded during La Razón’s Razonados debate on Nov. 19, 2025, resurfaced in early January on X and TikTok, triggering widespread online criticism.
- Morena’s CDMX parliamentary group and the national leadership said Marín spoke in a personal capacity and reaffirmed a strategy centered on law enforcement, intelligence and social policy.
- Reports noted misogynistic messages and threats against Marín, which the Morena caucus condemned as an unacceptable campaign of harassment.
- Coverage traced the cited estimates—160,000 to 185,000 involved and roughly 350 replacements per week—to a 2023 Complexity Science Hub Vienna study published in Science based on a mathematical model.