Overview
- Carlos Bautista Tafolla, an independent deputy from Michoacán, publicly asked that his state be included in possible U.S.-Mexico security cooperation after President Donald Trump raised potential ground actions in Mexico.
- He framed the idea as collaboration rather than intervention and said he sought U.S. support to investigate the November 2025 killing of Uruapan mayor Carlos Manzo Rodríguez.
- Bautista asserted that unnamed U.S. authorities would engage if the case is treated as narcopolitics, yet he has not identified those officials or provided corroborating details.
- The Mexican federal government has reiterated that foreign armed forces will not operate on Mexican soil and that any cooperation must respect sovereignty and established legal frameworks.
- Morena’s Michoacán leader Jesús Mora disputed Bautista’s account, saying he was not received by U.S. authorities and offered no evidence of meetings, characterizing the request as a call for intervention.