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Seventeen relatives of El Chapo were recently allowed to enter the U.S. in San Diego. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called the move by the Trump administration a ‘total disgrace.’
Mexican news reports suggest the U.S. recently orchestrated the secret, cross-border move of at least 17 relatives of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán to California.
Trump has long contemplated launching the military against Mexican cartels.
Scores of political candidates have been killed in Mexico in recent years. The latest victim was a mayoral candidate in the state of Veracruz, gunned down at a campaign event.
President Trump says he’d like to attack Mexican drug cartels. A unilateral action by the U.S. would be a huge challenge for Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, who says her country will “never accept” U.S. intervention on Mexican soil.
A lawyer who was fierce advocate for her Indigenous community and women’s rights disappeared with her husband last fall. Their bodies were recently found in shallow graves in Mexico’s Oaxaca state.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said she rejected an offer by President Trump to send U.S. troops to fight Mexican drug cartels.
Mexico’s attorney general said a forensic investigation found ‘not a shred of proof’ that corpses were burned at a ranch that was used as a training camp by the Jalisco New Generation Cartel.
Amid reports that the Trump administration is considering drone strikes against drug cartels, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum reiterated her staunch opposition to any such military action.
As markets plunged and world leaders expressed anger and dismay over Trump’s tariffs, Mexico took a more measured and hopeful approach.
