Overview
- U.S. special-operations forces removed Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro to U.S. jurisdiction after narcoterrorism indictments, a mission President Donald Trump said he watched in real time.
- Trump told Fox News that “the cartels are running Mexico” and “we have to do something,” and said the U.S. will be “very strongly involved” in Venezuela’s oil industry.
- Mexico’s Senate condemned the operation as a violation of international law, urged United Nations involvement, and the ruling majority in the Chamber of Deputies endorsed Sheinbaum’s position.
- The Senate Navy Commission canceled a meeting to authorize the entry of 29 U.S. special-operations personnel for training in Mexico later in January.
- Sheinbaum said other Latin American leaders are working with Mexico on a joint statement, reaffirmed the Estrada Doctrine, and characterized ties with Washington as “collaboration, coordination, but not subordination.”