Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is seeking to alter the country’s constitution to protect drug cartels from the U.S. military.
Under the terms of the proposals filed by Sheinbaum, Articles 19 and 40 of country’s constitution would be changed to block any investigation or military action by foreign entities without permission from the Mexican government.
The first amendment would prohibit any “act from abroad that is harmful to the integrity, independence and sovereignty of the Nation.”
The Second amendment mandates automatic pretrial detention and the highest possible penalties for any citizen or foreigner engaged in illegal arms trafficking, as well as any foreigner violating Mexico’s s sovereignty.
“What we want to make clear in the face of this designation is that we do not negotiate sovereignty,” Sheinbaum said.
“This cannot be an opportunity on the part of the United States to invade our sovereignty.”
”So, they can name it whatever they want, but with Mexico, it is collaboration and coordination, never subordination, not interference, and much less invasion.”
The decision comes after the U.S. State Department on Thursday upgraded the designation of cartels, including Mexico’s Sinaloa and Jalisco Nueva Generación.
Together, those two cartels control the majority of Mexico’s fentanyl production and are responsible for importing thousands of kilograms of fentanyl across the southern border.
The designation enables the State Department to impose targeted sanctions, enhances the U.S. government’s authority to prosecute individuals aiding these groups, and strengthens intelligence-gathering for military operations.
Donald Trump and high-ranking Republicans have repeatedly floated the possibility of launching military strikes against Mexican drug cartels.
Last month, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said that “all options are on the table” when it comes to crushing the cartels that have destroyed millions of people’s lives not just in Mexico but around the world.
“All options will be on the table if we’re dealing with what are designated to be foreign terrorist organizations who are specifically targeting Americans on our border,” Hegseth said in an interveiw with Fox News.
“We’re finally securing our border. We’ve been securing other people’s border for a very long time.”
”The military is orienting, shifting toward an understanding of homeland defense on our sovereign territorial border.”
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