Mexico vows ‘no invasion’ over Trump threat to target cartels
President Sheinbaum was responding to reports that the US leader had ordered his military to target the criminal organisations
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum insisted on Friday that there would be “no invasion of Mexico” following reports that US President Donald Trump had ordered the United States military to target Latin American drug cartels.
“There will be no invasion of Mexico,” Sheinbaum declared after The New York Times reported that Trump had secretly signed a directive ordering military force against cartels that his administration has declared terrorist organisations.
“We were informed that this executive order was coming and that it had nothing to do with the participation of any military personnel or any institution in our territory,” Sheinbaum told her regular morning conference.
Agence France-Presse contacted the Pentagon to confirm the order but has not yet received a response.
The Times said Trump’s directive provided an official basis for military operations at sea or on foreign soil against the cartels.
In February, his administration designated eight drug trafficking groups as terrorist organisations.