{"id":1937,"date":"2025-02-22T14:01:13","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T14:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sfawbn.com\/home\/?p=1937"},"modified":"2025-02-22T14:01:14","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T14:01:14","slug":"mexicos-president-plans-to-change-constitution-to-protect-drug-cartels-from-u-s-military-strikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sfawbn.com\/home\/2025\/02\/22\/mexicos-president-plans-to-change-constitution-to-protect-drug-cartels-from-u-s-military-strikes\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexico\u2019s President Plans to Change Constitution to Protect Drug Cartels From U.S. Military Strikes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is seeking to alter the country\u2019s constitution to protect drug cartels from the U.S. military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the terms of the proposals filed by Sheinbaum<\/a>, Articles 19 and 40 of country\u2019s constitution would be changed to block any investigation or military action by foreign entities without permission from the Mexican government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first amendment would prohibit any \u201cact from abroad that is harmful to the integrity, independence and sovereignty of the Nation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Second amendment mandates automatic pretrial detention and the highest possible penalties for any citizen or foreigner engaged in illegal arms trafficking, as well as any foreigner violating Mexico\u2019s s sovereignty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat we want to make clear in the face of this designation is that we do not negotiate sovereignty,\u201d Sheinbaum said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis cannot be an opportunity on the part of the United States to invade our sovereignty.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201dSo, they can name it whatever they want, but with Mexico, it is collaboration and coordination, never subordination, not interference, and much less invasion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The decision comes after the U.S. State Department on Thursday upgraded<\/a> the designation of cartels, including Mexico\u2019s Sinaloa and Jalisco Nueva Generaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Together, those two cartels control the majority of Mexico\u2019s fentanyl production and are responsible for importing thousands of kilograms of fentanyl across the southern border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The designation enables the State Department to impose targeted sanctions, enhances the U.S. government\u2019s authority to prosecute individuals aiding these groups, and strengthens intelligence-gathering for military operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Donald Trump and high-ranking Republicans have repeatedly floated the possibility of launching military strikes against Mexican drug cartels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last month, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said that \u201call options are on the table\u201d when it comes to crushing the cartels that have destroyed millions of people\u2019s lives not just in Mexico but around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAll options will be on the table if we\u2019re dealing with what are designated to be foreign terrorist organizations who are specifically targeting Americans on our border,\u201d Hegseth said in an interveiw with Fox News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWe\u2019re finally securing our border. We\u2019ve been securing other people\u2019s border for a very long time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201dThe military is orienting, shifting toward an understanding of homeland defense on our sovereign territorial border.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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