The diplomatic tension between the National Palace and the White House escalated this Friday. From Colima, Sheinbaum responded to Trump after a publication by the president on Truth Social, making it clear that Mexico will not allow the entry of foreign troops to fight drugs. Sovereignty is not up for negotiation’, said the president in response to a proposal that Trump has once again put on the table.
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Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum insisted this Friday that, in cooperation with the United States on security matters, national sovereignty is not up for negotiation.
At a ceremony to deliver the Pensión Mujeres Bienestar in the city of Tecomán, Colima state (west), Sheinbaum responded to a message posted by U.S. President Donald Trump on his Truth Social platform.
Trump shared a message from a user who pointed out that Sheinbaum has repeatedly rejected the proposal that the United States intervene in Mexico to fight drug cartels.
The president accompanied the message with a video of a part of the usual morning press conference on March 9 in which Sheinbaum answers Trump that “no” when Trump has proposed that the army of his country enters Mexican territory.
Collaboration yes, intervention no: Mexico’s position
“Sovereignty is not under negotiation”, Claudia Sheinbaum responded to Donald Trump
“Maybe he is not very informed,” said the Mexican president in response to a publication in which Trump speaks of a “narco-government”.
What is your opinion on the subject? pic.twitter.com/89ySK1gW5c
– MARIANO OSORIO (@marianoosorio1) March 13, 2026
“A few minutes ago President Trump made a publication on his social networks related to Mexico,” the Mexican president told the audience.
“But maybe it is not very well informed because we are working with the United States on the security issue, but there is a condition that we have always set, because we can collaborate, work together, but there is something that we have fought for all our lives the people of Mexico, sovereignty, and that is not up for negotiation. Long live Mexico’s sovereignty and independence,” added Sheinbaum.
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Claudia Sheinbaum admits that Donald Trump called her to offer to eradicate the cartels, and that she rejected US intervention: “That’s right, we said No, proudly NO”.
And so you say they are not a narco-government? pic.twitter.com/ExYulDGBub
– Carlo Martin (@Liberfach0) March 10, 2026
Last Monday, Sheinbaum explained that her government has rejected Trump’s proposals for U.S. troops to enter Mexican territory to fight drug cartels, while defending bilateral security cooperation.
“How good that President Trump is saying publicly that when he has proposed to us that the U.S . Army enter Mexico, we have said no. Because it’s the truth, we have said no. And we proudly continue to say no,” the president stated during her morning press conference.
Sheinbaum maintained that Mexico maintains coordination with Washington in areas such as intelligence and security, but insisted that operations against organized crime on national territory correspond exclusively to Mexican authorities.
The debate over security cooperation between the two countries intensified following the capture and death in February of Jalisco Cartel – New Generation leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias El Mencho, considered one of the most wanted drug traffickers in Mexico and the United States.
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With information from EFE
