Divine sign: tree tombstones statue of Felipe Calderón that was in Los Pinos

Exact Target.- A tree knocked down the statue of Felipe Calderón that stood proudly on the “Calzada de los Presidentes” in the former official residence of Los Pinos, and well, either the lightning was Chairo... or the tree was too.

The sculpture's collapse was reportedly caused by the heavy rains of recent days in the capital, which caused the tree to fall, which in turn swept away the effigy of the former president, according to the federal Ministry of Culture (with a snigger).

#ATTENTION @WRADIOMexico reports that a tree knocked down the statue of @FelipeCalderon located on the Calzada de los Presidentes in the A los Pinos cultural complex. #Statue #Tsunami #LCDLFMX3 pic.twitter.com/kVMcAWeUDD

— Luis A. Méndez (@LuisMendezPosmo) July 30, 2025

At the time, it was explained that the figure cost more than half a million pesos, according to the then-defunct Presidential General Staff report, and was made by Ricardo Ponzanelli, who also made the figures of Zedillo and Vicente Fox, as if they were part of an action figure collection.

Calderón's statue was knocked down by a tree

"As a result of the conclusion of the current administration and in order to leave a historical record, as one of the people who have presided over the Mexican nation, it is necessary to acquire a sculpture with the figure of President Felipe Calderón Hinojosa..." , the General Staff justified the expense at that time, with the seriousness with which one asks for an invoice for a piñata.

After the fall, the bronze statue, which is more than two meters tall (that is, disproportionately large and about 10 times larger than the original model), was covered with a black bag to prevent passersby from doing inappropriate things to it.

The Los Pinos Cultural Center confirmed that the Material Resources department of the Ministry of Culture has already safeguarded the work to assess possible damage, and we don't know why, but we suspect it will be "safeguarded" for many years.