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Mexico will not stand US ‘invasion’ in fight against cartels, president says

a women in a white turtle neck and blue blazer speaking at a podium with a flag in her background
Mexico's president, Claudia Sheinbaum, speaks during her daily press conference at the national palace in Mexico City on 3 February 2025. Photograph: Yuri Cortéz/AFP/Getty Images

Mexico will never tolerate an “invasion” of its national sovereignty by the United States, Claudia Sheinbaum has warned after Washington designated Mexican cartels as terrorist organizations.

“This cannot be an opportunity for the US to invade our sovereignty,” the Mexican president said. “With Mexico, it is collaboration and coordination, never subordination or interventionism, and even less invasion.”

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