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Mexico's President Draws Red Line: US Kinetic Operations Against Drug Cartels Not Welcome On Her Soi
2025-08-10
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Mexico’s President Draws Red Line: US Kinetic Operations Against Drug Cartels Not Welcome On Her Soil
Following a New York Times report that President Trump has issued a directive authorizing the Department of Defense (DoD) to conduct direct military operations against certain Latin American drug cartels designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs), Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has firmly rejected any U.S. military presence on Mexican soil.
“The United States is not going to come to Mexico with the military. We cooperate, we collaborate, but there is not going to be an invasion. That is ruled out, absolutely ruled out,” Sheinbaum said, who was quoted by a new NYT report. She added that her administration would review Trump’s order.
She emphasized, “It is not part of any agreement, far from it. When it has been brought up, we have always said no.”
Trump’s hemispheric defense push to secure the Americas has been to target drug cartels designated as FTOs. These targets include Cartel de los Soles, Tren de Aragua, and Sinaloa Cartel. The aim here is to disrupt the financial command and control nodes first, which is underway, then the physical structure of these organizations, all to break the flow of fentanyl and human trafficking into the U.S. through the southern border.
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