"Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum has flatly denied reports that the United States is planning to send troops into Mexico to confront the country's powerful cartels, noting that she had repeatedly rejected such offers from Donald Trump. It's not going to happen, Sheinbaum said during her daily morning news conference on Tuesday. We do not agree with any process of interference or interventionism."
"Sheinbaum's comments come after a report from NBC News citing current and former US officials that the Trump administration has started planning a mission to send US troops and intelligence officers into Mexico. The report said that although the operation was not imminent and no final decision had been made, the early stages of training had already begun as well as discussions about the scope of the operation."
"The report also indicated that US troops would operate under the authority of the US intelligence community, and that officers from the CIA would also participate. But Sheinbaum was insistent that her country had no information about such a planned incursion, although she admitted that in phone calls with Trump, the US president had offered to send troops and other support to confront organized crime."
President Claudia Sheinbaum denied plans for US troops to enter Mexico and rejected offers of military intervention, asserting Mexico's sovereignty. US officials described early-stage planning for a mission involving US troops and intelligence officers, including CIA participation, training and operations under US intelligence authority, though no final decision had been made. Sheinbaum said Mexico had no information about any planned incursion but acknowledged offers made by President Trump during phone calls. The United States and Mexico have previously collaborated against drug-trafficking groups, and an unauthorized incursion would likely damage bilateral relations. Washington has designated six Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.
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