Fearing Trump will overcome the border to continue the cartel, Mexico moves into the reform of the Constitution
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Thursday that she would propose constitutional reforms aimed at protecting the sovereignty of the country because of the concerns that the US army could cross the border to follow Mexican drug cartels.
Sheinbaum gave remarks after Trump’s administration determined six Mexican drug cartels as a foreign terrorist organization, deleting that President Donald Trump may establish an American military action in Mexico.
“The Mexican people will not under any circumstances accept interventions, mixing or any other act from abroad that could be harmful to the integrity, independence and sovereignty of the nation,” sheinbaum said.
Mexican cartels on List of Trump administration Turn on Sinalo, Jalisco, Zetas, The Gulf Cartels, Cartel Unidos and “La Nueva Familia Michoacana.” Other groups include the International Venecuela Banda Treatment de Aragua and the Salvadorans Band of Mara Salvatruca-known as MS-13.
Border State officials informed the cartels while waiting for the green light to take large actions
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said they are not consulting with Mexico about a move regarding cartel marking now. (Reuters/Raquel Cunha/File Photo)
Mexico, who has long rejected such a move now to designate cartels as a foreign terrorist organization, has not been advised about the decision, Sheinbaum said.
Trump’s administration has marked six Mexican cartels to foreign terrorist organizations. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque, file)
Former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Sheinbaum’s predecessor, They have already entered the limitations of the law of how foreign agents can act in Mexico, limiting their independence and demanding that Mexican authorities be informed of their movements. Sheinbaum suggests that these boundaries be included in the Constitution.
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“What we want to clearly explain to this mark is that we are not negotiating sovereignty,” Sheinbaum said. “This cannot be an opportunity for the United States to fall into our sovereignty.”
Sheinbaum also suggested a second reform of the Constitution to create sharp penalties for Mexican nationals and foreigners involved in weapons trade.
Mexico has long demanded that they now do more to prevent weapons to be smuggled to Mexico from the USA
Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.
