Mexico Moves to Ban Foreign Intervention After US Cartel Decree

Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum moved to ban foreign governments and entities from intervening in her nation’s territory after the US designated eight Latin American cartels and gangs as terrorist organizations.

Sheinbaum’s government will submit legislation outlining the ban to Congress, she said Thursday, arguing that the Trump administration’s targeting of the criminal groups— including Mexico’s Cartel de Sinaloa, Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion and others — cannot become an excuse for undue intervention from foreign actors.

“We want to be clear given this designation that we don’t negotiate our sovereignty,” Sheinbaum said at her daily press briefing in Mexico City. ...