Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has concluded a working tour of Baja California and backed the state administration led by Governor Marina del Pilar Ávila Olmeda. The visit highlighted coordinated efforts on security, infrastructure, and social justice.
In Tijuana, the president credited the state-federal partnership for a significant reduction in the daily average of intentional homicide victims. She praised the governor’s results, attributing the gains to a strategy combining intelligence, root-cause analysis, and close coordination.
Sheinbaum also said that Baja California is a priority for the nation’s strategic projects, underscoring a continued commitment to strengthening regional security and development.
The leaders inaugurated the first section of the Tijuana Elevated Viaduct, a major freeway project designed to directly and freely connect the Tijuana International Airport with the San Ysidro Port of Entry and coastal areas to dramatically cut commute times.
According to Governor Marina del Pilar, the Elevated Viaduct represents dignity, quality of life, and shared prosperity and thanked the President and the Mexican Army for their roles in the project.
Regarding education, both leaders inaugurated the first phase of the Rosario Castellanos National University campus in Tijuana. President Sheinbaum framed it as a guarantee of the right to higher education, while the Governor highlighted the state’s provision of the land for the institution.
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A major future investment was also announced in Ensenada during the inauguration of the Secretariat of the Navy’s new Maritime Traffic Control Center. In addition, the governor revealed that construction on the Playas de Rosarito desalination plant, the largest in Latin America, is set to begin in early April.
Meanwhile, during a visit to San Quintín, a Comprehensive Justice Plan aimed at addressing long-standing deficits in healthcare, education, housing, infrastructure, and farm workers’ rights in the agricultural municipality was unveiled. President Sheinbaum committed to a follow-up visit to monitor the plan’s progress.
Governor Marina del Pilar stated that this plan will settle a historical debt as it places the well-being and rights of historically marginalized indigenous and farming communities at the center of the state’s transformation.
