Claudia Sheinbaum Biography Flash: Mexico's President Pushes Back on Trump Military Threats

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Welcome back to Claudia Sheinbaum Biography Flash. Here's what's been happening with Mexico's president over the past few days.

On Friday morning, Sheinbaum held a press conference where she highlighted what she called "compelling results" in Mexico's ongoing crackdown on drug cartels. This comes as a direct response to pressure from the Trump administration, which has threatened potential U.S. military intervention in Mexico. According to multiple news outlets covering the story, Sheinbaum cited a steep drop in homicides, lower fentanyl seizures at the U.S.-Mexico border, and reduced migration numbers as evidence of progress. She emphasized that this work represents joint cooperation between Mexico and the United States.

Earlier in the week, on Monday, Sheinbaum proactively reached out to Trump for what she described as a "very friendly" fifteen-minute phone call. During that conversation, she made clear that U.S. military intervention in Mexico is off the table, invoking Mexico's constitutional protections of national sovereignty. Reports indicate Trump understood her position. Sheinbaum also informed Trump about concrete security achievements, including the arrest of over forty thousand suspects and the dismantlement of nearly two thousand drug labs over the past fifteen months.

On Friday, Sheinbaum doubled down on her messaging, pushing back against the Trump administration's assertion that Mexico's progress is merely incremental and unacceptable. She pointed to official U.S. data showing fentanyl seizures at the border have declined by fifty percent. However, she also emphasized that responsibility for addressing the drug crisis must be shared. Sheinbaum called on the United States to do more to stop arms trafficking into Mexico, noting that according to the U.S. Department of Justice, seventy-five percent of weapons entering Mexico originate in the United States. She also stressed that America must address its drug consumption crisis from a public health perspective through education and prevention campaigns.

Meanwhile, El Pais reports that Sheinbaum announced a new national registry for missing persons is ready and will be presented shortly. This addresses growing criticism that while homicide numbers are dropping, disappearances continue to rise, creating what civil society groups describe as a troubling gap in her security strategy.

Scheduled for today is a visit to Guanajuato as part of her national public agenda.

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