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Donald Trump Says Cartels Control Mexico: 'Nobody Does Anything. They Just Rule It'

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Washington's threats prompted a response from Sheinbaum, who earlier this week said Mexico has intensified efforts to combat drug cartels and categorically rejected any foreign intervention on Mexican soil.

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Donald Trump’s statements that “cartels rule Mexico” rekindled the controversy in both Mexican territory and the United States. Although the phrase caused outrage among some political sectors, others consider that the Republican refers to the growing influence of organized crime in elections, municipal governments and power structures in various regions of the country. The issue gained strength after various accusations and remarks related to al…

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Washington denounces the inaction of the neighboring country with the drug cartels.

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Mexico City. The President of the United States, Donald Trump, again accused, without presenting evidence, that the Mexican government is controlled by the cartels during his speech at an event this Friday at the White House as part of the commemorations for Mothers’ Day. “The cartels govern Mexico, no one else does... That poison kills hundreds of thousands of Americans a year. We have already resolved the issue by sea and now we are going to d…

It says an old popular saying that "there is no deception on notice" and the tone of Donald Trump's threats, which, while not new, are becoming clearer and more direct, point to unilateral actions coming at any time from Washington against Mexican drug cartels, as well as continuing the hunt for politicians in the country who, according to U.S. justice, support and associate themselves with drug trafficking.

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Donald Trump insisted on Friday on the accusation that "the cartels control Mexico," after Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum, to ensure that the Latin American authorities had managed to significantly reduce the trafficking of fentanyl into the US. "We have a problem because the cartels control Mexico. Only they control it. We lost 200,000 people a year because of this poison that floods our country," he said, in the White House. Trump added t…

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Vanguardia broke the news on Friday, May 8, 2026.
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