Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum rejects Trump’s offer of military intervention against cartels
President Sheinbaum emphasized Mexican sovereignty and rejected U.S. military strikes against cartels, while Mexico removed six unauthorized Defense Department signs near the Rio Grande.
- On Tuesday, Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum ruled out allowing U.S. strikes on Mexican soil, saying Mexico will collaborate on intelligence but reject foreign intervention.
- President Donald Trump on Monday offered U.S. military options to stop drugs and said he was not happy with Mexico, while Claudia Sheinbaum said Trump had suggested military intervention to fight criminal groups.
- At Playa Bagdad, men in a boat installed DoD 'Warning: Restricted Area' signs, which Mexico's Navy removed and contacted its consulate and the U.S. embassy about.
- The Pentagon said contractors would coordinate with appropriate agencies to avoid confusion, and the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City shared this comment Tuesday.
- Proximity to SpaceX Starbase and earlier contamination probes add sensitivity to the site near the Rio Grande; Claudia Sheinbaum, President of Mexico, also rejected Trump's order to rename the Gulf of Mexico.
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Via Reuters Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has again sought to stand up to President Donald Trump, on Tuesday repeating her rejection of any possibility of US military intervention against cartels on sovereign Mexican soil. Trump has recently floated openness toward the possibility, and also Colombia, in exchanges with reporters related to the military build-up off Venezuela. “It’s not going to happen,” Sheinbaum said, according to The Ass…
The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, rejected any possibility of U.S. military intervention on Mexico's territory. The reaction comes after US President Donald Trump said he would be willing to send troops to combat drug trafficking, informs EEF and AFP, according to Agerpres.
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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum rejects Trump's offer of military intervention against cartels
Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum has firmly rejected the possibility of U.S. intervention against drug cartels a day after President Donald Trump again said he would support it.
On Monday (17), Donald Trump said he was “displeased” with the neighboring country and that he could send ground troops to Mexico to combat drug trafficking.
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