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Claudia Sheinbaum Rejects U.S. Sending Troops Into The Country: 'Last Time There Was An Intervention They Took Half Of Mexico's Territory'

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum (Credit: Photo by ALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP via Getty Images)

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum again rejected any possibility of the U.S. sending troops into the country to fight criminal organizations, recalling that Mexico ceded more than half of its prewar territory in the annexation of Texas.

Speaking during her daily press conference, Sheinbaum said that "Mexico's history needs to be looked at" when discussing foreign interventions. "Last time there was a U.S. intervention in Mexico, they took half the territory."

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