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Mexico’s president says ‘there will be no invasion … it’s absolutely off the table’ after news reports of order

Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, has rejected the idea that the US might invade Mexico after news reports suggested Donald Trump had authorized the use of military force targeting drug cartels deemed terrorist organizations in Latin American countries.

“The United States is not going to come to Mexico with their military,” she said during a daily news conference on Friday. “We cooperate, we collaborate, but there will be no invasion. It’s off the table, absolutely off the table.”

The Mexican president said her government had been informed of the executive order but insisted that “it had nothing to do with the participation of any military or any institution on our territory. There is no risk that they will invade our territory.”

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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 days ago

Mmmmm, don't be too sure.

Yeah, the US has the drones and the tanks and the planes. Remember how well that went in Afghanistan? Iraq, anyone?

They can invade the country and overrun it in seconds, I have no doubt about that. Then, though, the fun starts.

Mexicans, especially those in the cartels, have very creative ways to make people really really regret stepping in the wrong direction.

How many videos of US soldiers slowly being cut into pieces alive and then hung from a bridge, posted on TikTok, do you think it'll take before his base starts getting a very big knot in their stomach?

Then what do you think cartel soldiers already in the US will do? How do you think the Latino community in the US will respond?

If the US invades México, it will destroy México, have no doubt about that.

It will also absolutely end Trump and the US.