Overview
- NBC News reported early-stage U.S. planning under CIA authority for potential deployments targeting cartel leaders and drug labs, describing any operation as not imminent.
- President Claudia Sheinbaum said Mexico has no information on any military incursion and dismissed the U.S. media accounts as supposed leaks.
- Sheinbaum stated there will be no United States intervention in Mexican territory and emphasized that Mexicans oppose foreign involvement.
- She acknowledged that President Donald Trump offered in phone calls to send troops to help combat organized crime, an offer she declined.
- The Mexican government highlighted an existing bilateral security agreement that it says respects Mexican sovereignty, and there has been no public confirmation from U.S. officials.