Andy López Beltrán’s Restaurant Gathering Becomes Target of Mexican Press Cartoons

A restaurant gathering involving Andy López Beltrán has become a target for Mexican political cartoonists after details of the August 24 meeting in Mexico City’s Condesa neighborhood emerged.

The dinner at Magazzino included Andy’s brother Gonzalo and Daniel Asaf, who served as head of the presidential aides’ office during Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s administration. Asaf also took part in Andy López Beltrán’s controversial trip to Tokyo in 2025.

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It’s incredible how much fun one can have with people who practice bribery.

Juan Domingo Beckmann, head of the José Cuervo tequila empire, and Mauricio Garduño, a prominent global figure in technology and digital transformation, also attended the dinner.

The gathering prompted reactions across Mexico’s political and media spheres. Kemchs, drawing for El Universal, titled one cartoon “Politics Yesterday and Today.” It showed Andy holding a glass while being told, “It’s incredible how much fun one can have with people who practice bribery.” He replies, “I agree.”

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I agree.

Other cartoons used different forms of political satire. Rictus’s “Tastings” for El Financiero showed Andy drinking wine while a Morena supporter outside the restaurant held a frog in his mouth and looked resigned. Chavo del Toro’s “Second Report” for El Economista depicted Andy drinking and shaking cigar ash from a seat on President Claudia Sheinbaum’s head, referencing her second government report on September 1.

Paco Calderón’s “New Taxes” for Reforma contrasted Andy’s elegant drink with a Mexican man holding a beer mug and wearing a Mexico national-team shirt. A fifth cartoon, “A Little Rest” by Pepe San Monero, showed Andy smoking beside wine and toilet-paper rolls labeled “Regeneration,” a reference to Morena’s name and political branding.

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A little rest and then keep going.