Overview
- Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said she declined President Donald Trump’s offer of U.S. military action against cartels during a roughly 15-minute call on Monday.
- Sheinbaum cited Mexico’s constitution and territorial integrity, while saying both governments would keep working together on security without U.S. intervention.
- On Sunday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged Mexican Foreign Secretary Juan Ramón de la Fuente to deliver tangible results and deepen cooperation to dismantle cartels and curb fentanyl and weapons trafficking.
- Trump last week said the United States would begin “hitting land” to target cartels and claimed the cartels are running Mexico, intensifying diplomatic concern over potential unilateral action.
- Sheinbaum said Mexico shared results with the United States, including a significant drop in homicides and declines in U.S. fentanyl seizures and overdose deaths, as analysts assess a ground intervention as unlikely.