# Mexico Tourism Secretary flaunts luxury items amid party austerity call

Mexico's Tourism Secretary wears luxury watches and jewelry contradicting President Sheinbaum's austerity mandate.

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Josefina Rodríguez, the 37-year-old Secretary of Tourism in Mexico, is engaged to Iván García Juárez, the current Environmental Prosecutor of Tlaxcala. [^1]

Josefina Rodríguez Zamora, Secretary of Tourism for the Government of Mexico, responded on September 2, 2026, to allegations published by Reforma regarding her personal assets and luxury items. [^2]

Rodríguez Zamora stated that none of her material goods, including a diamond ring, a Cartier watch, dresses, and shoes, were acquired with public funds. [^3]

Josefina Rodríguez Zamora, the Secretary of Tourism in Mexico, stated that all material goods in her possession were acquired with private resources and not public funds. [^4]

Josefina Rodríguez wears a Cartier watch valued at 140,000 pesos. [^5]

Josefina Rodríguez wears a diamond ring that may be worth 900,000 pesos depending on its carats. [^6]

President Claudia Sheinbaum sent a letter to the National Council of Morena on May 4, 2025, outlining a decalogue on behavior and ethics that rejects consumerism and the 'paraphernalia of power'. [^7]

Josefina Rodríguez Zamora claimed that her assets were registered in her official declarations of patrimony and that her wealth was built before she assumed her federal position. [^8]

Rodríguez Zamora denied utilizing public money to purchase luxury items such as watches and accessories after photos were published by the newspaper Reforma. [^9]

The Secretary of Tourism claimed her assets were built with effort and honesty prior to assuming her public role, primarily through her professional trajectory in the private restaurant industry. [^10]

Rodríguez Zamora asserted that her luxury expenses are properly reflected in her asset declarations and have no relation to public resources. [^11]

## What this stands on

1. Josefina Rodríguez, the 37-year-old Secretary of Tourism in Mexico, is engaged to Iván García Juárez, the current Environmental Prosecutor of Tlaxcala. (Diario de Yucatán, News)
2. Josefina Rodríguez Zamora, Secretary of Tourism for the Government of Mexico, responded on September 2, 2026, to allegations published by Reforma regarding her personal assets and luxury items. (El Imparcial, News)
3. Rodríguez Zamora stated that none of her material goods, including a diamond ring, a Cartier watch, dresses, and shoes, were acquired with public funds. (El Imparcial, News)
4. Josefina Rodríguez Zamora, the Secretary of Tourism in Mexico, stated that all material goods in her possession were acquired with private resources and not public funds. (El Financiero, News)
5. Josefina Rodríguez wears a Cartier watch valued at 140,000 pesos. (Diario de Yucatán, News)
6. Josefina Rodríguez wears a diamond ring that may be worth 900,000 pesos depending on its carats. (Diario de Yucatán, News)
7. President Claudia Sheinbaum sent a letter to the National Council of Morena on May 4, 2025, outlining a decalogue on behavior and ethics that rejects consumerism and the 'paraphernalia of power'. (Diario de Yucatán, News)
8. Josefina Rodríguez Zamora claimed that her assets were registered in her official declarations of patrimony and that her wealth was built before she assumed her federal position. (El Imparcial, News)
9. Rodríguez Zamora denied utilizing public money to purchase luxury items such as watches and accessories after photos were published by the newspaper Reforma. (El Financiero, News)
10. The Secretary of Tourism claimed her assets were built with effort and honesty prior to assuming her public role, primarily through her professional trajectory in the private restaurant industry. (El Financiero, News)
11. Rodríguez Zamora asserted that her luxury expenses are properly reflected in her asset declarations and have no relation to public resources. (El Financiero, News)

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