Fórmula Noticias con Juan Becerra Acosta I Jueves 29 de Enero 2026

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Grupo Salinas begins paying a $32 billion peso tax debt, with over $10 billion deposited today.

1. Fórmula Noticias with Juan Becerra Acosta presents Mexico's January 29, 2026 national news, centered on a landmark tax settlement, a bilateral phone call between President Sheinbaum and President Trump, and a security attack on Sinaloa legislators. 2. Host Juan Becerra Acosta anchors from Mexico City, joined by correspondents Ulises Soriano and Jenny Valencia, and studio guests Felipe López Veneroni (political analyst, UNAM) and José Yuste (Fórmula Financiera anchor). 3. The episode's central through-line is Mexico navigating a critical period of bilateral relations with the United States—on trade, security, and sovereignty—while simultaneously enforcing tax collection against powerful domestic interests. 4. The SAT reports that Grupo Salinas, after more than 20 years of litigation, has paid 10,400,630,537 pesos to the Treasury on January 29 as the first installment of a 32.1 billion peso total settlement. 5. The remaining 21.7 billion pesos will be paid in 18 monthly installments of approximately 1.229 billion pesos (about 60 million dollars each), and Grupo Salinas declared in a public statement it now owes nothing further to the government. 6. Financial analyst José Yuste identifies this as the largest single tax payment ever received by the SAT, noting that it sends a signal that all major contributors—including BBVA, América Móvil, Telmex, and Walmart—must pay outstanding taxes. 7. Presidents Sheinbaum and Trump held a cordial 40-minute phone call on January 29, covering trade (with Economy Secretary Ebrard meeting U.S. Secretary of Commerce the prior day), border security, and drug trafficking. 8. Trump posted on Truth Social after the call calling Sheinbaum 'a wonderful and intelligent leader' and saying Mexicans should feel proud of her; Sheinbaum read the message aloud and noted it would displease certain sectors of the opposition. 9. Sheinbaum confirmed that Mexico's oil shipments to Cuba and the broader Mexico-Cuba relationship were not raised on the call, stating Foreign Minister Juan Ramón de la Fuente handles those issues with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. 10. UNAM political analyst Felipe López Veneroni says Sheinbaum has demonstrated how to deal with an 'unpredictable, megalomaniacal' leader while maintaining stability, comparing her approach favorably to Canadian PM Carney's handling. 11. Financial analyst Yuste explains that USMCA talks have reached alignment on over 90% of topics, with the remaining 10% centering on U.S. demands that Mexico impose equivalent tariffs on Chinese goods—particularly the 25% auto tariff, which hits Mexico's largest export sector (30% of total exports). 12. Canada's contrasting move—PM Carney visiting Beijing and offering preferential entry to 49,000 Chinese cars—is cited as the key reason Trump has been more hostile to Canada than to Mexico in the USMCA renegotiation. 13. Sinaloa state deputies Sergio Torres Félix and Elizabeth Montoya were attacked on January 29; Torres remains in intensive care after successful surgery, while Montoya is conscious and mobile after losing one eye. 14. The Defense Ministry deployed 1,600 troops to Sinaloa on January 29 morning as a reinforcement measure, while the FGR separately announced destruction of over 105 tonnes of drug chemical precursors in the state. 15. Jesús Iván Arce Verdugo, known as El Chino Arce, was arrested in Ciudad Obregón, Sinaloa, identified as the head of an armed cartel cell dedicated to drug production and trafficking. 16. A Mexico City federal court denied an amparo to Ocesa, keeping the events company as an accused party in the investigation into the deaths of photojournalists Berenice Gil and Miguel Ángel Rojas at the AX Ceremonia festival. 17. A union march demanding implementation of the 40-hour work week law departed from the Angel of Independence monument and marched down Paseo de la Reforma to the Zócalo, briefly closing traffic lanes. 18. The episode follows Fórmula Noticias's rapid multi-topic news format, with the host frequently debunking social media rumors through the recurring 'chat de las tías' framing device. 19. Listeners following Mexico-U.S. trade relations, corporate tax enforcement, Sinaloa cartel security, and Mexican federal politics will find detailed, sourced reporting here. 20. Listeners seeking English-language content, investigative depth beyond news summaries, or non-political topics will find limited value in this episode.

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