Son of Former Mexican President López Obrador Says US Revoked His Visa and Appeals Directly to Trump
López Beltrán says U.S. authorities gave no evidence for the revocation and asks President Donald Trump for an explanation.
- On Thursday, Andrés Manuel López Beltrán, son of former Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, said the United States revoked his visa and appealed to President Donald Trump for an explanation.
- Reuters reported last year that the U.S. government had revoked visas for at least 50 Mexican politicians and officials as part of a crackdown on drug cartels and their alleged political allies.
- López Beltrán denied any wrongdoing and labeled the revocation "a crude and perverse act" by officials he said target foreign politicians as "threats to U.S. security."
- On Friday, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said U.S. visa revocations targeting "politically exposed persons" are "essentially political" because they are not applied equally across countries.
- The 39-year-old politician recently stepped down from Morena party leadership as he prepares to seek a seat in Mexico's lower house of Congress in the 2027 midterm elections.
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Mexico ex-president's son says US revoked his visa
Andres Manuel Lopez Beltran accused Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Deputy Secretary Christopher Landau of ordering a politically motivated move, while Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum called it interference in Mexican politics and a matter of national sovereignty.
Son of former Mexican president appeals to Trump after visa revoked
The son of former Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador said he had his visa revoked by the Trump administration, alleging the move was politically motivated as retribution on Friday. Andrés Manuel López Beltrán, the former president’s son and politician of Mexico’s left-wing Morena party, wrote in a letter to President Donald Trump, and subsequently posted to his Instagram page, that Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Deputy Secretary C…
Landau’s reaction, also known as “El Quitavisas”, raised political tension around the case of Andrés Manuel López Beltrán
After "Andy" Lopez claimed that the U.S. took his visa and asked to dismiss Christopher Landau, the U.S. Undersecretary of State responded in X to a publication of the satirical account @quitavisas, which warned, in a joked tone, that visas could be revoked without notice. From his verified personal account, the former U.S. Ambassador in Mexico also attached a photograph accompanied by the legend: "Are you enjoying the show? Fill your popcorn...…
The United States has not reported what led to the suspension of the former president's son's visa
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