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Lilly Téllez Denies Inviting U.S. Intervention, Renews Attack on Sheinbaum

Her comments land as a petition to strip her immunity over alleged treason draws hundreds of thousands of signatures.

Overview

  • In a Sept. 8 interview, the PAN senator said she never invited the United States to intervene in Mexico and called the accusation a lie.
  • She welcomed cooperation against cartels within legal and diplomatic frameworks, adding she does not fear a U.S. troop deployment.
  • Téllez intensified her critique of President Claudia Sheinbaum, describing the administration’s “second floor” as destruction and alleging the Republic has been left without a functioning judiciary.
  • The interview referenced a Change.org campaign surpassing 350,000 signatures that urges her desafuero on grounds tied to the intervention claim, which she rejected.
  • She said she has not decided whether to run for office in 2027 and highlighted recent Senate work focused on security and the selection of new Supreme Court ministers.