San Diego delegation heads to Mexico City [Video]

SAN DIEGO — More than 100 business and elected leaders from San Diego and Baja California will begin a four-day trip to Mexico City Sunday to discuss binational issues as the new Mexican administration starts its term.

Mexico elected Claudia Sheinbaum as its next president on June 2 in a landslide. Sheinbaum, Mexico’s first woman president, assumed office on Oct. 1.

The San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce’s 18th Annual Binational Delegation to Mexico City will include San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria, County Board of Supervisors Chairwoman Nora Vargas and Tijuana Mayor Ismael Burgueño, among dozens of others.

“Creating this unique opportunity for dialogue with the leadership in Mexico City, especially the new presidential administration, is critical to advancing our binational region,” said Jerry Sanders, president and CEO of the SDRCC. “With this large, …