Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has dismissed the suggestion the United States could strike within Mexican territory amid heightened border sensitivities.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum presents a new security strategy against violence for Michoacán state, at the National Palace, in Mexico City on Nov. 9, 2025. AP Photo/Claudia Rosel
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Mexico’s president has ruled out allowing U.S. strikes against cartels within Mexican borders, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said again this week that he was prepared to take whatever action deemed necessary to stop drugs coming across the border.
“It’s not going to happen,” Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Nov. 18.
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