On September 23, 2024, a week before leaving office, President López Obrador said goodbye to his security cabinet. His morning press conference that day began 21 minutes late.
He explained, according to El Financiero: “Al finalizar la reunión de hoy hubo tamales y mariachis y muchas fotos, y por eso llegamos tarde, pero aquí estamos” (At the end of today’s meeting there were tamales and mariachis and many photos, and that is why we arrived late, but here we are). (Video in Spanish, without subtitles.)
Récord described the farewell as “un pequeño convivio” (a small get-together).