Senators in Mexico come to blows after heated debate over U.S. military intervention against drug cartels

Senators in Mexico come to blows after heated debate over U.S. military intervention against drug cartels

Mexican senators came to blows Wednesday after a heated debate over alleged opposition calls for the United States to intervene militarily against drug cartels. Lawmaker Alejandro Moreno, leader of the opposition PRI party, went to the podium as Wednesday’s session ended and angrily confronted Senate president Gerardo Fernandez Norona, of the ruling Morena party, for…

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Mexico’s president vows “there will be no invasion” after reports that Trump is targeting cartels with military force

Mexico’s president vows “there will be no invasion” after reports that Trump is targeting cartels with military force

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum insisted Friday that there would be “no invasion of Mexico” following reports that President Donald Trump had ordered the U.S. military to target Latin American drug cartels. “There will be no invasion of Mexico,” Sheinbaum declared after The New York Times reported that Mr. Trump had secretly signed a directive ordering military…

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