Overview
- Independent deputy Carlos Bautista Tafolla asked that Michoacán be included in any potential U.S. ground action or security cooperation and said he sought U.S. help in the homicide case of ex-mayor Carlos Manzo Rodríguez.
- Bautista claimed U.S. authorities would assist if the killing is treated as a crime of “narcopolítica,” though he declined to identify contacts or provide documentation.
- Mexico’s federal government reiterated that foreign armed forces will not operate on national soil and that any assistance must occur within established bilateral legal frameworks.
- Morena’s state leader Jesús Mora said Bautista was not received by U.S. officials and offered no institutional proof of meetings, accusing him of inventing encounters.
- A cross-party bloc in the Michoacán Congress issued a joint statement rejecting foreign military intervention and voicing support for Sheinbaum, while no U.S.-Mexico authorization or operation has been announced and the Manzo investigation remains domestic.