Mexico City (AP) – The day after the president Donald Trump What he called it dramatically strengthened the military role of his regime in the Caribbean. Fatal strike at Venezuelan drug cartelSecretary of State Marco Rubio is meeting with the President of Mexico. The fear of the voices of the US invasion On Mexico’s sovereignty.
Rubio will sit with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Wednesday to highlight the importance the US places I’m working with Washington On security, trade and transition in the Western Hemisphere. Rubio visits Ecuador on Thursday Third trip to Latin America Since taking office.
Trump alienated many people in the area with permanent demands and threats Sweeping Tax Massive sanctions for refusing to follow his lead, especially migration and Fighting drug cartels. It is the expanded military footprint that is likely to raise their concerns. The US has The deployed warship The Caribbean and elsewhere off the coast of Latin America reached its peak with what the administration said on Tuesday Tren de Aragua Gang Ship’s Suspicious Fatal Strike US officials say they were carrying drugs.
“Make this serve as a notice even for those considering bringing drugs into the United States. Be careful!” Trump said of the strike, but he killed 11 gang members.
Defending the strike, Rubio made it clear that such operations would continue as needed. It was a military strike, but top American diplomats tweeted about it when Trump announced it at the White House and then spoke to reporters about the operation.
“The President is very clear that using America’s full power and America’s full power to take on and eradicate these drug cartels. “These days are over.”
Rubio, the son of a Cuban immigrant, spoke to the Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro And other Latin American left-wing governments, particularly Cuba and Nicaragua, supported opposition leaders and moves there for years. Just before he left for Mexico, he attended an awards ceremony in Florida, calling it an inspiration for Cuban dissidents and freedom-loving people everywhere.
In Mexico, Trump is demanding, so far Win, some concessions She is a fierce defense of Mexico’s sovereignty, but from the Sheinbaum government, who is eager to ease the threat of his tariffs.
“There are issues we don’t agree with, there are moments where we don’t agree with, there are times when we’re less nervous, but we have to make sure we have a good relationship,” she said just before arriving in Mexico City on Tuesday.
Earlier this week, a national speech Inaugurated her first yearshe said: “Under any circumstances we will not accept any intervention, interference, or other acts from abroad that are harmful to the integrity of the country, independence or sovereignty.”
Sheinbaum has been chasing fentanyl production more aggressively than Mexican drug cartels and their predecessors. The government has I sent the National Guard To the northern border 55 cartel figures have been released US authorities have long wanted the Trump administration.
Sheinbaum had been talking for a while about how Mexico is finalizing a comprehensive security agreement with the State Department. Fentanyl flow and the precursors of drugs to the US and weapons from north to south.
However, last week, a senior State Department official downplayed the proposal that at least one, including protection of Mexico’s sovereignty, is ongoing.
Shanebaum lowered her expectations on Tuesday, saying it was not a formal agreement, but a kind of memorandum of understanding to share information and intelligence regarding drug trafficking and money laundering obtained by them in our territory “unless it is generally agreed upon.”
In travel, Rubio will focus on preventing illegal migration, fighting organized crime and drug cartels, and countering what the US believes. Malicious behavior in China The State Department said in its backyard.
