The Mexican president warns us of an invasion of the fight against cartel after Washington indicates them to terrorist groups

Mexico will never tolerate the invasion of its national sovereignty by the United States, warned President Claudia Sheinbaum on Thursday after Washington appointed Mexicans drug cartels as a terrorist organization.

“This cannot be an opportunity for now to attack our sovereignty,” she said. “With Mexico, it’s collaboration and coordination, never subordinate or interventionism, even less invasions.”

Trump’s administration is officially on Wednesday Marked eight cartels as a terrorist group. Include two major drug trade organizations, Jalisco a new generation and Sinaloa cartels.

Mr. Trump signed an executive command On the first day in the White House, he said that cartels “represent a threat to national security outside the one represented by a traditional organized crime.”

The move raised speculation about possible military actions.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk, who got a a prominent role In Trump’s administration, said on social media “Means that they are eligible for strokes of drones.”

Experts, however, said that bombing of Mexican cartels or sending a trunk across the border was still unlikely, although the unpredictability of Mr. Trump prevents completely exclusion.

The idea “It used to be something found in the niche, very on the edge, and now it is in the center of the discussion,” said Cecilia Farfan-Mendez, an analyst at the University of California for global conflict and collaboration.

2022. Former Defense Minister Mark Esper “60 minutes” said During his first term, President Trump suggested the shooting of rockets in Mexico to fight drug cartels. Esper also said when he pushed the idea, Mr. Trump said, “No one will know that it is us.”

Mexico targets US weapons manufacturers

Sheinbaum also said on Thursday that Mexico would follow her promise to expand her legal proceedings against American weapons manufacturers After the decision of Washington, the cartels indicate terrorist groups.

The Mexican government accuses US weapons manufacturers of negligence in the sale of weapons that ended up in the hands of a drug trader, and Sheinbaum said that a lawsuit could lead to a new allegations of alleged complicity with terrorist groups.

It is estimated that 200,000 to half a million US firearms are smuggling in Mexico each year, Reported “60 minutes” in December.

A 2023 Reports CBS The investigation found that dozens of ticket cracking of networks, which operate like terrorist cells, pay Americans to buy weapons of weapons and weapons of weapons and online dealers across the country, as long as it is north of Wisconsin and even Alaska, according to US intelligence sources. The firearm is then shipped over the southwestern border through the mediator chain and couriers.

Mexico is already filed a lawsuit In the United States against US weapons manufacturers and suppliers, who require compensation of $ 10 billion for their alleged role in criminal violence in the country.

Earlier this month, sheinbaum angrily refused to charge by the United States that her government has an alliance with drug cartels.

“We categorically reject the slander made by the White House against the Mexican government on federations with criminal organizations,” wrote on social networks at that time.

“If there is such an alliance anywhere, in US stores with rifles, they sell weapons with great forces with these criminal groups,” she added.

Last month Sheinbaum launched a campaign to break the number of weapons on the streets of the country Cash To those who anonymously leave weapons at certain places of departure, including churches.