Mexico warns will not allow US military operations against cartels

France 24 ^ | Issued on: 29/11/2019 - 18:32 Modified: 29/11/2019 - 18:30 | AFP

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador warned Friday he would not allow the US to conduct cross-border armed operations, after Donald Trump vowed to designate Mexican drug cartels as terrorist groups.

The US president has been talking tough on the powerful drug cartels since one was allegedly responsible for the massacre of nine women and children from a US-Mexican Mormon community in northern Mexico on November 4.

Trump tweeted after the killings that the US was ready to help Mexico "wage war on the drug cartels," and he followed up this week by vowing to add Mexican cartels to the US blacklist of Foreign Terrorist Organizations.

That insulted national pride in Mexico, which resents a long history of armed interventions by its giant northern neighbor, and where Trump's comments have been taken as a threat of armed cross-border operations.

"Armed foreigners cannot intervene in our territory. We will not allow that," Lopez Obrador said.

He was quick to add that he considered any such operations unlikely, saying there was "great cooperation" between the neighbors and that Trump had always treated him "respectfully."

"In the unlikely case that a decision is taken that we consider affects our sovereignty, then we will act within the framework of international law, but I see it as unlikely," said the leftist leader, who took office one year ago.

US Attorney General William Barr will visit Mexico City next week for talks, said Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard.

Lopez Obrador, for his part, is due to meet Monday with family members of the slain Mormons.

[Vigilanteman]

Did “Black Jack” Pershing ask permission to pursue the raiders of Columbus, New Mexico over the border?

[jmacusa]

There isn’t anything they could do to stop us.

[Mogger]

No need to use our military.

When I was a kid growing up in Vermont before the leftist vermin invaded and ruined it, we made money off the bounty on the native vermin.

Porcupines.

When you have a pest to be gotten rid of, you put a bounty on its' head.

Show up with the head and fingers of a cartel member that can be identified by facial recognition or fingerprints, and collect your reward.

[NonValueAdded]

“Or else what?”

[Zhang Fei]

[Did “Black Jack” Pershing ask permission to pursue the raiders of Columbus, New Mexico over the border?]

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You beat me to it. Thing is - these days, we’re supposed to respect the sovereignty of cartel-ruled hellholes like Mehico.

[GOPJ]

The wall needs to be build with the idea in mind that it might NOT just be their lowlife drug thugs trying to take down the wall - it might be the Mexican government.

[DesertRhino]

Just because he said that, at 3 AM tomorrow the F-18s should hit dozens of cartel Hacienda’s, HQ, and production facilities with 2000 lb JDAMs. Seize a couple of the biggest banks laundering cartel cash and utterly close the border and all wire transfers to Mexico.

It really is time we dealt with Mexico

[Logical me]

FFFFFFFFF Mexico. Mexico is a terrorists Country and should be no better than any Country that attacks America. They have killed millions of American one way or another and should be attacked, cleaned up, and maybe the first to be declared part of US to make sure they never go back to corruption beyond belief..

[blueunicorn6]

That works when you are shooting unarmed porcupines.

These cartel bastards have private armies.

[null and void]

*shrug* It’s only been about a hunert years since the last time we invaded Mexico.

Reminder time?

[Grampa Dave]

"Armed foreigners cannot intervene in our territory. We will not allow that!" Lopez Obrador. President Trump told, Lopez Obrador.

[Grampa Dave]

Is she related to the elite first family of Mexico?

Is it Racism in Mexico from its leaders, as shown in vivid white below:

Mexico’s Presidential el Constiquesidor First family, AKA White elite Spaniards/Fake Mexicans.

Mexico's First Family Facebook

Angelica Rivera, First Lady of Mexico, has shared precious family photo of the whole presidential clan across social media. In the photo we can see Paulina, Nicole y Alejandro Peña Pretelini, the "Destialndo Amor" star as well as Sofía,Fernanda y Regina Castro. She also took the opportunity to share some of the values that make her family what it is, reavealing some of the sweetest moments of her husband, Enrique Peña Nieto, from the comfort of their home. The photo was shared on her Facebook account and has over 92,000 likes.

The image really speaks for itself: a warm, close-knit family of 6. But Angélica Rivera emphasised the familial harmony that she and the Mexican President have created. "To have a family," she writes, "it is built and worked on with love everyday. As parents, let us be an example of harmony and peace to our children." The political beauty also published a photo on Facebook, in which President Peña Nieto can be seen taking time out from running the country to share a moment with the littlest member of the family, Regina. "He always finds time to be near us. Today, after dinner, talking with Regis."

The first lady's Facebook wall is indeed filled with images from her travels with her husband around the worlds, as well as intimate family moments of presidential life. The former actress is credited as being instrumental to Peña Nieto's election campaign.

[Carriage Hill]

Screw Meh-i-co; DO IT.

[butlerweave]

Andres Manuel Lopez Outthedoor should know there is already a WAR ,he’s part of the Cartel

[ConservaTexan]

...and tax any money wired from the US to Mexico at 90%.

[null and void]

All that, and repatriate every Mexican national within our borders.

After all, we’re still getting crap for interring Japanese citizens for the duration.

Send them home.

[Carriage Hill]

"Trump also needs to crack down on pregnant cartel women from Mexico crossing over and having babies delivered in our hospitals!! Instant citizenship!!!"

FROM ALL NATIONS!

[Tudorfly]

I am not sure it would be in the best interest of the operators or America to ask for permission. Corruption runs deep in Mexico.

[Carriage Hill]

They could stop selling us GUACAMOLES! Oh, the HORROR!

[_Jim]

re: “Mexico warns will not allow US military operations against cartels”

Let’s see, the force stack-up mathematically looks this way:

Mex_forces < Mex_cartels < US_Forces

And to quote another poster: “They [Mexico] won’t ‘allow’ it.”

“Ok.”