Overview
- U.S. special operations removed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife to U.S. custody, a mission President Donald Trump said he watched in real time.
- President Claudia Sheinbaum condemned the action as a breach of international law, citing Article 2 of the U.N. Charter and Mexico’s non‑intervention doctrine.
- Sheinbaum said Latin American leaders have contacted Mexico and that a joint regional pronouncement is being prepared.
- Mexico’s Senate labeled the incursion illegal and canceled a session to authorize the entry of 29 U.S. special‑operations personnel, while the Chamber of Deputies’ majority backed the government’s stance.
- After Trump asserted that cartels govern Mexico and warned that “something will have to be done,” Sheinbaum emphasized ongoing security ties defined as collaboration and coordination, not subordination.