Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says she declined President Donald Trump’s offer to use the U.S. military to fight cartels in Mexico on a phone call Monday.
Sheinbaum has condemned U.S. intervention in Latin America in the aftermath of the capture of Nicolás Maduro, as she continues to try to ward off unilateral military action in her country.
Sheinbaum told reporters after the call that she and Trump agreed to continue working together on security and drug trafficking issues during their roughly fifteen minute talk.
“It was a very friendly conversation,” Sheinbaum said.
Trump has long suggested he would use the U.S. military in Mexico to target drug cartels. Sheinbaum’s response has been that while her country will collaborate with the United States on security issues, it rejects one-sided military intervention.
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