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Mexico has firmly rejected the idea of U.S. military forces entering its territory, despite reports that President Donald Trump signed a secret order allowing military action against Latin American drug cartels.
President Claudia Sheinbaum said Friday that there would be no “invasion” and stressed that cooperation between the two countries does not include U.S. troops operating inside Mexico. She said the U.S. informed her government of an order concerning the cartels, but insisted it had “nothing to do” with deploying military personnel.
The New York Times reported that Trump’s directive, following his earlier designation of eight drug cartels as terrorist organizations—six of them Mexican—creates a legal basis for possible U.S. military operations abroad, including at sea and on foreign soil.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended the terrorist label, saying cartels should be treated like armed groups rather than just drug dealers. The White House, while not confirming the directive, said Trump’s top priority is “protecting the homeland.”
Mexico and the U.S. have been cooperating on border security, with recent figures showing record-low migrant crossings and sharp drops in fentanyl seizures. U.S. Ambassador Ronald Johnson praised Sheinbaum and Trump on X, claiming their joint efforts were bankrupting cartels and making both countries safer.
Source: BBC.
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