Sheinbaum plans trilateral meeting with Guatemala and Belize leaders: Monday’s mañanera recapped

At her Monday greeting property conference, President Claudia Sheinbaum erstwhile again expressed her absorption to immoderate benignant of U.S. subject incursion to combat Mexican organized transgression groups, six of which were designated arsenic overseas violent organizations by the U.S. authorities earlier this year.

She besides provided an update connected the fig of Mexicans detained astatine the Alligator Alcatraz migration detention installation successful Florida and announced that she would beryllium making a little planetary travel this Friday.

Sheinbaum: ‘We would ne'er allow’ the US service to acceptable ft connected Mexican soil 

Asked astir CIA drone flights implicit Mexican territory, Sheinbaum said that nary are presently taking place. She stressed that flights of U.S. drones implicit Mexico tin lone hap nether Mexican supervision and astatine the petition of Mexican authorities.

“It has to beryllium wrong the model of collaboration,” Sheinbaum said.

“It has to beryllium made precise wide to each Mexicans … [that] we volition ne'er enactment our sovereignty astatine risk, never,” she said.

“We volition ne'er enactment the independency of Mexico astatine risk. Mexico is simply a free, sovereign, autarkic country,” Sheinbaum said.

“We collaborate, we coordinate connected information issues and different issues, but we ne'er subordinate ourselves. And we would ne'er let the United States Army oregon immoderate different instauration of the United States to acceptable ft connected Mexican territory, never,” she said.

‘There won’t beryllium an invasion’: Sheinbaum de-escalates aft Trump orders US subject to people cartels

That remark came 3 days aft the president declared that determination volition beryllium nary U.S. subject “invasion” of Mexico aft quality broke that President Donald Trump had “secretly signed a directive to the Pentagon to statesman utilizing subject unit against definite Latin American cause cartels.”

Asked past Tuesday astir the anticipation of a U.S. subject involution against transgression groups successful Mexico, Sheinbaum reminded reporters that she antecedently rejected an connection from U.S. President Donald Trump to nonstop the U.S. service into Mexico.

“They tin importune again, but that contented is not connected the table,” said the president, a staunch defender of the sovereignty of Mexico, which mislaid a immense information of its territory to the United States successful the 19th century.

During the 2018-24 presidency of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Mexico’s Congress approved authorities that regulates the activities of overseas agents successful Mexico, removes their diplomatic immunity and allows for their expulsion from the country. The authorities was seen arsenic being aimed chiefly astatine the United States Drug Enforcement Administration and Federal Bureau of Investigation agents who person agelong operated successful Mexico.

U.S. soldiers person besides travel to Mexico successful caller years, but lone to undertake associated grooming operations with the Mexican Army.

Sheinbaum: 81 Mexicans person been detained astatine Alligator Alcatraz 

Sheinbaum told reporters that officials astatine the Mexican Consulate successful Miami, Florida, person met with 81 Mexicans detained astatine the Alligator Alcatraz migration detention center, located successful the Everglades portion of the “Sunshine State.”

She said that Mexico’s consul wide successful Miami, erstwhile Chiapas politician Rutilio Escandón, is making regular visits to the installation “to spot what the Mexicans imprisoned determination need.”

Sheinbaum said that her authorities is moving astatine a “diplomatic level” to advocator the contiguous deportation of Mexicans who privation to instrumentality to their state of origin.

Por instrucciones de nuestra Presidenta Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, acudí nuevamente al Centro de Detención de los Everglades (Alcatraz de los Caimanes), con el firme compromiso de dar seguimiento puntual a los casos de nuestros connacionales detenidos por temas migratorios. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/EIEMyfzIXZ

— Rutilio Escandón (@RutilioEscandon) August 5, 2025

She didn’t accidental however galore Mexicans person returned to Mexico aft being detained astatine Alligator Alcatraz, the authoritative sanction of the state-run facility.

Sheinbaum said that immoderate of the detainees don’t privation to beryllium instantly sent to Mexico arsenic they privation to instrumentality their cases to courts successful the United States.

She said determination had been nary reports of the usurpation of the quality rights of Mexicans held astatine Alligator Alcatraz, truthful named owed to the beingness of the reptiles successful the Florida Everglades.

“Obviously we don’t hold with these types of places of imprisonment,” Sheinbaum said.

Sheinbaum to conscionable with President Arévalo successful Guatemala

Sheinbaum said that she would conscionable with President Bernardo Arévalo of Guatemala successful the Central American state this Friday.

The president, who said past Thursday that she planned to conscionable Arévalo determination successful the southeast of Mexico, didn’t specify wherever successful Guatemala she would conscionable with her counterpart.

However, Sheinbaum said she would clasp her mañanera connected Friday successful Chetumal, the superior of the authorities of Quintana Roo. From Chetumal she volition question to Guatemala to conscionable with Arévalo, president since aboriginal 2024.

Sheinbaum said she spoke with the Guatemalan president connected Friday and noted that helium invited her to Guatemala.

“And yes, we’re going to beryllium successful Guatemala a fewer hours,” she said.

“… We love, respect and respect President Arévalo of Guatemala, truthful we’re going to spell to Guatemala for a fewer hours,” Sheinbaum said.

“After we’ll instrumentality to Calakmul,” she said, referring to the archaeological tract successful Campeche that is conscionable 35 kilometers from the borderline with Guatemala.

“We’re going to invited the premier curate of Belize there,” Sheinbaum said, noting that Arévalo volition besides marque the travel to Calakmul for a trilateral gathering with Belizean Prime Minister Johnny Briceño.

She said that determination volition beryllium “very absorbing issues” to sermon with the 2 Central American leaders, but didn’t disclose what they volition be.

“They tin beryllium an nonfiction for that day, the astonishment of that day,” Sheinbaum said.

“There are galore agreements we person made with the countries connected our confederate border, with whom we person an fantabulous relationship,” she said.

“We’re going to denote them connected Friday,” Sheinbaum said.

Plans (or hopes) to widen the Maya Train railroad into Guatemala and Belize could signifier portion of the discussions betwixt Mexico’s president and the 2 Central American leaders.

By Mexico News Daily main unit writer Peter Davies ([email protected])