By Zoila Palma: After the U.S. military intervention in Venezuela, Mexican officials and analysts have largely dismissed the likelihood of unilateral American military action against drug cartels in Mexico, despite repeated threats from President Donald Trump, AP reports.
They argue that Mexico’s political, economic and diplomatic realities sharply distinguish it from countries such as Venezuela or Cuba, making a similar intervention far less plausible.
President Claudia Sheinbaum downplayed the possibility of U.S. military action on Monday, stressing that cooperation with Washington remains strong. “I don’t see risks,” she said, adding that there is ongoing coordination and collaboration between the two governments.
Sheinbaum said she does not believe an invasion is being seriously considered and argued that organized crime cannot be addressed through foreign military intervention.
Analysts point out that Mexico’s status as the United States’ top trading partner and home to roughly 40 million people of Mexican origin makes unilateral action highly risky for Washington.
Former Mexican ambassador to the U.S. Martha Bárcena noted that Secretary of State Marco Rubio has acknowledged high-level cooperation between the two countries.
Trump’s threats, experts say, are more likely a negotiating tactic than a concrete policy plan. Mexican security analyst David Saucedo described such rhetoric—similar to Trump’s tariff threats—as a “negotiation weapon” aimed at extracting political, commercial and diplomatic concessions.
Mexico has largely complied with U.S. demands, stepping up arrests, drug seizures and extraditions, and agreeing to receive more deportees, analysts say.
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By Zoila Palma: After the U.S. military intervention in Venezuela, Mexican officials and analysts have largely dismissed the likelihood of unilateral American military action against drug cartels in Mexico, despite repeated threats from President Donald Trump, AP reports. They argue that Mexico’s political, economic and diplomatic realities sharply distinguish it from countries such as Venezuela
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