Officials urge caution as Category 3 Hurricane Trudy approaches Pacific coast: Friday’s mañanera recapped

Sheinbaum’s mañanera in 60 seconds

• 🌀 Hurricane Trudy to approach Pacific coast this weekend: Fabián Vázquez, head of the National Meteorological Service, said the Category 3 storm will pass about 65 kilometers off the coast of Colima and Jalisco on Saturday night or early Sunday. He urged coastal residents to stay alert, warning that “any movement to the right or the left can change meteorological conditions a lot.”
• 🏥 Sheinbaum says IMSS developing “comprehensive program” for healthcare workers: The president said IMSS director Zoé Robledo is evaluating a plan that would include a bigger pay raise “within the limits of what’s possible,” plus the regularization of positions. Workers rejected an offer of a 2.9% pay rise and a 3.9% increase in benefits on Wednesday, and are seeking a 10% pay raise. Sheinbaum didn’t say whether IMSS would meet that demand.
• 💻 Sheinbaum predicts tech exports will keep growing: Asked about the UN forecast that Mexico’s export revenue will rise 26% in 2026, the president pointed to electronics, with plants being expanded to meet U.S. data center demand. She also said Mexican auto industry export revenue had partially recovered despite U.S. tariffs.

Why today’s mañanera matters

A hurricane off Mexico’s Pacific coast, a plan to address public healthcare workers’ demands and strong growth in Mexican exports were among the important topics discussed at President Sheinbaum’s Friday morning press conference.

According to the U.S. National Hurricane Center, Hurricane Trudy was about 380 kilometers southwest of Acapulco, Guerrero, at 9 a.m. Mexico City time on Friday. Trudy — a Category 3 hurricane at 9 a.m. — is forecast to approach the coast of western Mexico this weekend.

⚠️ #Trudy se mantiene como #Huracán categoría 3 ⚠️

▪️Se prevé que en el transcurso de este día el sistema se intensifique a huracán de categoría 4
▪️Su centro se localizó a las 09:00 h a 380 km al suroeste de Acapulco, #Guerrero, y a 525 km al sur-sureste de Manzanillo, #Colima.
▪️Vientos sostenidos de 195 km/h, rachas de 240 km/h y desplazamiento hacia el nor-noroeste a 7 km/h.

🌧️ Lluvias previstas:
– Puntuales intensas: #Guerrero (centro, este, sur y sureste) y #Oaxaca (norte, centro, oeste y sur).
– Puntuales muy fuertes: #Colima y #Michoacán (oeste, centro y sur).
– Puntuales fuertes: #Jalisco (oeste y sur).

🌊 Oleaje de 4 a 5 metros de altura en costas de #Guerrero y #Michoacán.

— Coordinación Nacional de Protección Civil (@CNPC_MX) October 16, 2026

Meanwhile, the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) is working on a plan to respond to the grievances of healthcare workers, who protested across Mexico on Tuesday to demand higher pay, better work conditions, increased funding for healthcare and an end to shortages of medicines and medical supplies.

Sheinbaum indicated that IMSS would improve its pay offer, but didn’t say whether it would agree to the 10% raise workers are seeking.

Late in the press conference, she offered an upbeat assessment of Mexico’s export sector, which is a significant contributor to GDP.

Hurricane Trudy to approach Mexico’s Pacific coast this weekend 

Fabián Vázquez, head of the National Meteorological Service, reported that Hurricane Trudy was “relatively far” from Mexico’s Pacific coast on Friday morning.

However, Trudy will approach the coast of Colima and Jalisco on Saturday night or early Sunday as a Category 3 hurricane, he said.

“It’s going to be very close, it’s going to be 65 kilometers from the coast,” Vázquez said.

“We have to be very careful because any movement [of the hurricane] to the right or the left can change meteorological conditions a lot,” he said, warning of strong winds and large swells.

Vázquez called on residents of coastal areas of Colima and Jalisco to take care and stay alert over the weekend “because on Sunday there could be a major hurricane off the coast.”

Sheinbaum: IMSS is working on a ‘comprehensive program’ to respond to healthcare workers’ demands

A reporter asked the president whether she was confident that the government could soon reach an agreement with IMSS employees, who, in a vote on Wednesday, formally rejected an offer of a 2.9% pay rise coupled with a 3.9% increase in benefits.

Sheinbaum noted that IMSS and the National Social Security Workers Union (SNTSS) held talks on Thursday, adding that IMSS director Zoé Robledo is “evaluating” a “comprehensive program” in response to the demands of workers.

She said the IMSS proposal would include not only a bigger salary increase, “within the limits of what’s possible,” but also “the regularization of positions” — i.e. making temporary jobs permanent — and measures to address other worker demands.

In a video message on Thursday morning, Robledo said that IMSS and the SNTSS would “analyze alternatives to develop a better proposal within the framework of what’s possible.”

Sheinbaum predicts that Mexico’s tech exports will continue to grow 

A reporter noted that the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean is forecasting that Mexico’s export revenue will increase 26% in 2026, the second highest projected growth among 33 countries in the region. She asked Sheinbaum what the growth in exports means for the Mexican economy, which recorded 1.2% annual growth in the first six months of 2026.

“The export of electronics has increased a lot and plants in Mexico are being expanded due to the demand from data centers in the United States,” Sheinbaum said without explicitly answering the reporter’s question.

“And [electronics exports] will probably keep growing,” she added.

Sheinbaum also said that “a part of the [Mexican] automotive industry” had “recovered” in terms of export revenue, “despite [U.S.] tariffs” on vehicles.

Mexican exports hit record $81B in July, up nearly 44% on AI-driven manufacturing boom

She highlighted that Mexico isn’t just exporting to the United States, but also to European countries and Japan, among other nations.

Mexico exported goods worth a record US $549.4 billion in the first eight months of 2026, a year-over-year increase of 29.3%.

Mexico News Daily reported last month that, despite the record performance, analysts point out two concerns: the predominance of the U.S. as Mexico’s main buyer and the country’s reliance on Asia as an indispensable supplier for the fast-growing computer industry.

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