Ex-Pemex Chief Investigated for Abuse; Mexican President Sheinbaum Offers No Protection

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum vowed on Monday that she would not protect anyone after a video appeared to show the former head of state energy company Pemex, Victor Rodriguez, violently abusing his wife.

Posted to YouTube on Friday by a woman identifying herself as Maria Felicia Jimenez, Rodriguez's wife, the video appears to have been recorded by a home surveillance system in a living room and is dated March 15, 2026. Reuters has not independently verified the video.

Rodriguez still held the top job at Pemex at the time. He announced his departure on May 14 in a joint video recorded with Sheinbaum, in which she thanked him for his service and said his resignation was in accordance with a timeline that he had set as a condition for taking the job.

Rodriguez could not be reached for comment. A statement posted on Friday on an X account that appeared to belong to Rodriguez said that he had stepped back from any public role while an investigation into the incident proceeds and that he was open to cooperating with all relevant authorities.

"Let the law be applied, we will not protect anyone," Sheinbaum said during her regular morning press conference.

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