Sheinbaum: Mexico defends national sovereignty against US drug fighting

Sheinbaum: Mexico defends national sovereignty against US drug fighting

The Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced that she would propose reforms from the state constitution to strengthen national sovereignty. This happens in the course of the US classification of several Mexican cartels than foreign terrorist organizations, which could possibly create the background for direct US attacks on Mexican soil.

Mexico's independence and sovereignty in focus

"Under no circumstances will people in Mexico accept interventions, interventions or other harmful actions from abroad that endanger integrity, independence and sovereignty of the nation," said Sheinbaum on Thursday during her daily press conference.

affected areas and national security

The measures would apply to the entire Mexican territory, including "land, water, sea and airspace", added. CNN recently reported that the USA secretly fly MQ-9 Reaper drones in Mexican airspace to monitor the drug cartels, which is part of Trump's dramatic shift in the national security resources to the US south limit.

concern for the sovereignty of Mexico

Sheinbaum and other high-ranking Mexican officials have already expressed concerns about sovereignty after it has become known that US spy frightening also fly near the border, albeit in international airspace and over US territory. Defense Minister Ricardo Trevilla said last week that he had not been informed about the flights of spy flights.

proposals for constitutional reforms

Sheinbaum now proposes reforms of Article 39 and 40 of the constitution that aim at Mexico's independence and sovereignty. In the proposed reforms, Mexico is banned to "admit interventions in investigations and law enforcement without the express approval and cooperation of the Mexican state within the framework of the applicable laws".

a clear signal to the USA

In addition, Sheinbaum expressed that the decision of the United States to classify certain criminal groups in Mexico as terrorist organizations was not made in consultation with its government. "What we want to clarify with this classification is that we do not negotiate sovereignty, this cannot be the opportunity for the United States to violate our sovereignty," said the President.

collaboration instead of subordination

"You can call the cartels as you want, but Mexico is about collaboration and coordination, never for subordination, no interventions and certainly no invasion," continued Sheinbaum.

focus on arms trade

separately, Sheinbaum announced another reform proposal, the "every national or foreign person who takes part in the illegal manufacture, distribution, disposal, transfer and import of weapons into the national territory." US manufacturers of weapons have long been attributed to an important role as the main source of the firepower of criminal groups throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. In the past, Mexico has claimed that "almost all of them" were smuggled from the USA to Mexico at crime scenes - between 70% and 90%.