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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Oscar Lopez in Mexico City

Cartel corruption claims push US-Mexico relations to breaking point

Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum puts her hand to her face during a news conference in Mexico City
President Claudia Sheinbaum says ‘we will not allow any foreign government to come and decide the future of the Mexican people’. Photograph: Isaac Esquivel/EPA

Relations between Mexico and the United States are being pushed to breaking point amid accusations by Washington that Mexican officials have been “in bed for years” with drug traffickers, and reports of CIA agents freely operating south of the border.

“There are many who are betting on the defeat and failure of the Mexican government,” said Claudia Sheinbaum tersely on Wednesday, when asked about the allegations at a news conference. ”We want a good relationship with the United States government. What are our limits? The defence of sovereignty and respect for the Mexican people and their dignity.”

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