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Calling Terrorists to Drug Cartels Gives Elements to the Us to Intervene Mexico: Sheinbaum

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The president admitted that naming fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction gives more elements to the United States, although she clarified that "it doesn't mean it's going to happen."
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MEXICO CITY – Since Donald Trump's electoral victory and return to the White House, the relationship between Mexico and the United States has entered a phase of increasing tension. According to journalist Raymundo Riva Palacio, in his column "The Requests to Sheinbaum" for El Financiero, it was initially assumed at the National Palace that the relationship with Trump would be manageable. This was based on the perception of a previous favorable r…

Claudia Sheinbaum defends Mexico’s sovereignty in the face of possible US military intervention, highlighting cooperation on subordination. She also criticizes the intervention in Venezuela and calls for a fair trial for Maduro.

The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, spoke about the U.S. designation to consider Mexican drug cartels terrorists. In this context and from Palacio Nacional, the president explained that this figure gives the U.S. country more elements for a possible intervention, but she clarified that that will not happen in Mexico. “Considering cartels terrorists let’s say that it gives them more elements, but that’s not going to happen. We don’t agree…

Cd. of Mexico.- President Claudia Sheinbaum acknowledged that the fact that the United States classifies cartels as terrorist organizations and fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction would give that country more elements for possible intervention in Mexico. Questioned during the morning conference about the new American policies against synthetic opioids and if these decisions could open the door to an incursion into national territory, the Pr…

What would be the implications of the U.S. calling fentanyl a massive danger or cartels as terrorists? Would it give elements to Donald Trump’s government to intervene in the country? At a press conference, President Claudia Sheinbaum answered these questions and said she saw this scenario as something distant. “It gives them elements, but that doesn’t mean it’s going to happen....

MEXICO CITY.- The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, acknowledged that by declaring six cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and fentanyl as Weapons of Mass Destruction, the U.S. government has more elements to intervene in Mexico, however, she said that this will not happen. “Let’s say that it gives them more elements, but that doesn’t mean that it will happen. When they named cartels, organized crime as terrorism, we incorporated an…

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Proceso broke the news in Mexico on Tuesday, January 6, 2026.
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