Summary

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum dismissed reports of a potential U.S. “soft invasion” to combat cartels as “entirely a movie,” emphasizing Mexico’s sovereignty as a free, independent nation.

The Rolling Stone report claims Donald Trump’s incoming administration is considering covert military operations in Mexico, including airstrikes and assassinations of cartel leaders.

While Trump and key officials like Pete Hegseth and Marco Rubio support such measures, experts warn they could backfire by boosting cartel recruitment, undermining Mexican sovereignty, and fostering cartel-Mexican authority collaboration.

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        29 days ago

        Guantanamo is leased from Cuba, it’s not US territory. If you count that, you’d have to count every other US military installation.

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      29 days ago

      If we’re conting islands then we also have the bahamas, dominican republic, british virgin islands, anguilla, and st kitts & nevis