Sheinbaum Assures Collaboration with New US Ambassador, but Defends Mexican Sovereignty
President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, Photo: @DanielGOaxaca
December 11, 2024 Hour: 9:40 pm
Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum addressed the appointment of Ronald D. Johnson, a former CIA agent and special forces member, as the new US ambassador to Mexico. In her usual morning press conference, Sheinbaum stated that the Mexican government will collaborate and exchange information with the ambassador, but emphasized that it will always do so while respecting national sovereignty and benefiting the Mexican people.
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“With this ambassador or with others, we will defend our sovereignty, our equal standing, and we will collaborate and cooperate in everything that is required, but always in the interest of the people of Mexico and the nation,” Sheinbaum declared.
She explicitly rejected any subordination to US policies, contrasting the current stance with that of previous governments, such as Felipe Calderón’s administration, which she accused of “significant subordination.”
Sheinbaum linked collaboration with the United States to the need for joint work to combat organized crime. She mentioned the security strategies implemented in states like Sinaloa and Michoacán, highlighting the importance of cooperation to reduce the flow of weapons from the United States into Mexico – a key factor, she said, in controlling violence. “75 percent of the weapons seized in Mexico come from the United States,” she stated, emphasizing the urgency of joint action on this humanitarian issue.
The mayor recalled the 75% reduction in encounters at the Mexico-US border between December 2023 and November 2024, according to data from US Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
Furthermore, Sheinbaum stressed the need for respectful treatment and recalled the actions of former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to regulate the operation of foreign agencies in Mexico, demanding permits and transparency. “That’s what any country would do,” she concluded.
Autor: OSG
Fuente: La Jornada
