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Oscar Lopez in Mexico City

Sheinbaum rejects US ‘invasion’ after Trump orders military to target Mexico cartels

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Claudia Sheinbaum speaks in Mexico City on Wednesday. Photograph: Carlos Santiago/Eyepix Group/Shutterstock

Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, has rejected the idea that the US might invade Mexico after news reports suggested Donald Trump had authorized the use of military force targeting drug cartels deemed terrorist organizations in Latin American countries.

“The United States is not going to come to Mexico with their military,” she said during a daily news conference on Friday. “We cooperate, we collaborate, but there will be no invasion. It’s off the table, absolutely off the table.”

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