Overview

• Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has rejected U.S. President Donald Trump's proposal to deploy American troops to combat drug cartels in Mexico, citing the inviolability of Mexican sovereignty.
• Sheinbaum emphasized that Mexico would never accept foreign military presence on its soil, offering instead to enhance bilateral intelligence-sharing efforts.
• She also urged Trump to address the flow of illegal firearms from the United States, which officials say fuels cartel violence in Mexico.
• Nearly 450,000 homicides have been recorded in Mexico since the launch of its militarized campaign against cartels in 2006, underlining the scale of the crisis.
• Tensions between the two nations have escalated, with Trump criticizing Mexico's handling of migration and drug trafficking, and threatening economic measures such as tariffs.