The Mexican president, Claudia Sheinbaum said Wednesday that American drones spying on drug posters fly “Under request from the government of Mexico”Given the controversy arising in recent days by the reports of the international press.
“Every time it is on the request of the Government of Mexico, of information collaboration, in order to meet security conditions in collaboration frames that are established, mainly among the armed forces of Mexico and different government institutions of USA“, held.
The president said in her morning conference that “There is nothing illegal”In unmanned drones that have reported media such as CNN and The New York Times as part of the actions of the government of Donald Trump to spy on Mexican posters, which he has declared Terrorist groups.
The flights of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) seek to locate fentanyl laboratories, as the New York Times reported on Tuesday, while CNN said the drones are from the model MQ-9 And they are not armed, although they could equip them with loads.
But the Mexican ruler remarked that this “It is part of a collaboration and coordination, where the information is shared, always within the framework of the four essential principles of collaboration between the United States and Mexico, where a main element is respect for sovereignty” mexicana.
Sheinbaum said that these flights occur “For many years“, So he denounced that the stir caused by The New York Times really seeks”weaken“Your government.
“What do they want to promote with the note? And all the Corifeos who are unleashed in Mexican media or in the opposition, as saying: ‘It is that the president of Mexico is weak, she had to give in to the spy of the US government, there is a violation of sovereignty.’ When it is actually a cooperation protocol“He said.
Flights have caused controversy because they occur while the Government of Mexico deployed 10,000 elements of the National guard On the border with the United States in exchange for Pausar for a month Trump’s tariffs, who has also warned of possible bombings in Mexican territory.
“They will not weaken us, first, because we have principles, and for us sovereignty is a principle, it is not negotiable. Second, because we always tell the truth, we never hide anything”, Concluded Sheinbaum.