Overview

• In interviews with Fox News, Senator Lilly Téllez said U.S. help against cartels is “absolutely welcome,” portraying it as cooperation rather than intervention.
• Téllez alleged threats of legal and political persecution, claims President Claudia Sheinbaum rejected as false while stating disputes should be resolved in Mexico.
• Sheinbaum said her government will not seek desafuero or imprisonment for Téllez and indicated the senator can request security like any other person.
• PAN and allied opposition figures, including Jorge Romero, Santiago Taboada and PRI leader Alejandro Moreno, publicly backed Téllez and defended her free expression.
• A Change.org petition urging Téllez’s desafuero surpassed 293,000 signatures, as Morena leaders denounced her statements as treason, yet no formal proceedings have been initiated.