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Fearing Trump will cross border militarily to pursue cartels, Mexico moves to reform constitution
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Thursday that she will propose constitutional reforms aimed at protecting the country’s sovereignty over concerns the U.S. military could cross the border to pursue Mexican drug cartels.
Sheinbaum made the remarks after the Trump administration designated six Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, stoking fears that President Donald Trump may be setting up the possibility for U.S. military action inside Mexico.
«The Mexican people will not accept under any circumstances interventions, interference or any other act from abroad that could be harmful to the integrity, independence and sovereignty of the nation,» Sheinbaum said.
The Mexican cartels on the Trump administration’s list include the Sinaloa, Jalisco, Zetas, the Gulf Cartels, Cartel Unidos and «La Nueva Familia Michoacana.» Other groups include the international Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua and the Salvadoran gang Mara Salvatrucha – also known as MS-13.
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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said the U.S. did not consult Mexico about the move regarding the cartel designation. (REUTERS/Raquel Cunha/File Photo)
Mexico, which has long rejected such a move by the U.S. to designate cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, was not consulted about the decision, Sheinbaum said.
The Trump administration designated six Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque, File)
Former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Sheinbaum’s predecessor, had already written into Mexican law limits to how foreign agents could operate in Mexico, limiting their independence and requiring that Mexican authorities be informed of their movements. Sheinbaum proposes enshrining those limits in the constitution.
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«What we want to make clear in the face of this designation is that we do not negotiate sovereignty,» Sheinbaum said. «This cannot be an opportunity for the United States to invade our sovereignty.»
Sheinbaum also proposed a second reform to the constitution to create harsher penalties for Mexican nationals and foreigners involved in gun trafficking.
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Mexico has long demanded that the U.S. do more to prevent guns from being smuggled into Mexico from the U.S.
The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.
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Remains of Shiri Bibas positively identified after eventually being handed over by Hamas
The body of a woman who was presumed to have been one of four dead hostages killed by Hamas and handed over to Israel this week was positively identified Saturday morning.
The Hostages and Missing Families Forum Headquarters confirmed the identification of Shiri Bibas, who was returned to Israel on Friday after Hamas initially instead handed over a Palestinian woman from Gaza on Thursday.
Hamas on Friday handed over a coffin carrying Bibas’ remains to the Red Cross, which turned the coffin over to Israeli authorities. The coffin was then taken to the National Institute of Forensic Medicine for identification.
«Last night, our Shiri was returned home,» the family said in a statement. «Following the identification process at the Institute of Forensic Medicine, we received this morning the news we had dreaded – our Shiri was murdered in captivity and has now returned home to her sons, husband, sister, and all her family for rest.»
Shiri Bibas and her children, Shiri Bibas, Kfir Bibas, Ariel Bibas. Of the four bodies returned to Israel by Hamas on Thursday, two were identified as the two young children. A third was initially presumed to be their mother, but was not, the Israel Defense Forces said. (Courtesy: Hostages Families Forum)
«Despite our fears about their fate, we continued to hope that we would get to embrace them, and now we are in pain and heartbroken,» it continued. «For 16 months we sought certainty, and now that it’s here, it brings no comfort, though we hope it marks the beginning of closure.»
The family said «Shiri was a wonderful mother to Ariel and Kfir, a loving partner to Yarden, a devoted sister and aunt, and an amazing friend.»
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday that Hamas would «pay the full price» for allegedly handing over the body of a Palestinian woman from Gaza instead of Bibas’ remains.
Hamas terrorists took the Bibas family on Oct. 7, 2023. (FOX & Friends/Screengrab)
The Israeli military earlier said it had positively identified the remains of Bibas’ two sons — Ariel and Kfir Bibas — along with Oded Lifshitz. Four bodies were returned on Thursday, but the one expected to be holding Shiri Bibas was not holding any hostage.
Hamas said it «has no interest in withholding any bodies in its possession.» The terror group said the dead hostages it handed over on Thursday had been killed by an Israeli airstrike in November 2023 and that the bodies could have been misidentified due to bombardments in the area.
After the return of Shiri Bibas, the family is calling for the return of the remaining hostages held in Gaza. Six are being released on Saturday.
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«In this difficult hour, we continue to demand and call for the immediate return of the remaining hostages still in captivity. There is no more important goal. There can be no rehabilitation without them,» the Bibas family said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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