Mexico’s Sheinbaum Says She Repeatedly Rejected US Requests to Send Anti-Drug Personnel

TREE NEWS update: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on October 26 that the United States has repeatedly requested permission to send personnel into Mexico to take part in operations against drug cartels since President Trump took office, and that Mexico has consistently refused. Speaking at her morning press conference, Sheinbaum said Mexico will continue security cooperation with the US, including intelligence sharing and border enforcement coordination, but only on the principles of sovereignty, territorial integrity, mutual trust and coordination rather than subordination. Actual law enforcement inside Mexico must be carried out by Mexican authorities, she said.