In the wake of President Trump's designation of several Latin American drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Thursday warned the White House against military action inside her country.
"This cannot be an opportunity for the U.S. to invade our sovereignty," she told reporters. "With Mexico, it is collaboration and coordination, never subordination or interventionism, and even less invasion."
Sheinbaum has said she opposes a terrorist designation out of concern that US government actions under such a designation may violate Mexican sovereignty, arguing that the two countries should work in mutual consultation and collaboration. Last week, Sheinbaum threatened to retaliate for a terrorist-designation by expanding Mexico's lawsuit against several American gun manufacturers, including Smith & Wesson, Barrett, Colt and Sturm, Ruger & Co:
“If they were to decree organized crime groups as terrorists, we would have to expand the lawsuit in the United States because -- as the Department of Justice itself has already acknowledged that 74% of the arms of criminal groups come from the United States -- then how are the arms manufacturers and distributors affected by the decree? The lawyers are looking at it, but they could be accomplices.”
The move toward the US terror designation began with a Day One executive order from Trump tasking the State Department with evaluating that avenue. "The cartels have engaged in a campaign of violence and terror throughout the Western Hemisphere that has not only destabilized countries with significant importance for our national interests but also flooded the United States with deadly drugs, violent criminals, and vicious gangs," Trump wrote.
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"This cannot be an opportunity for the U.S. to invade our sovereignty," she told reporters. "With Mexico, it is collaboration and coordination, never subordination or interventionism, and even less invasion."
Sheinbaum has said she opposes a terrorist designation out of concern that US government actions under such a designation may violate Mexican sovereignty, arguing that the two countries should work in mutual consultation and collaboration. Last week, Sheinbaum threatened to retaliate for a terrorist-designation by expanding Mexico's lawsuit against several American gun manufacturers, including Smith & Wesson, Barrett, Colt and Sturm, Ruger & Co:
“If they were to decree organized crime groups as terrorists, we would have to expand the lawsuit in the United States because -- as the Department of Justice itself has already acknowledged that 74% of the arms of criminal groups come from the United States -- then how are the arms manufacturers and distributors affected by the decree? The lawyers are looking at it, but they could be accomplices.”
The move toward the US terror designation began with a Day One executive order from Trump tasking the State Department with evaluating that avenue. "The cartels have engaged in a campaign of violence and terror throughout the Western Hemisphere that has not only destabilized countries with significant importance for our national interests but also flooded the United States with deadly drugs, violent criminals, and vicious gangs," Trump wrote.
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