No way, insists President Claudia Sheinbaum. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is shown with the secretary of the Mexican navy, Raymundo Pedro Morales Ángeles. For Sheinbaum, the takedown of Oseguera may have had another effect: Fending off President Trump’s oft-stated desire to intervene in Mexico’s cartel wars — a red line for the president. “President Sheinbaum doesn’t want to contradict Andrés Manuel,” said Victor Manuel Sánchez Valdés, a security analyst, referring to López Obrador, who founded the now-dominant Morena party that Sheinbaum represents. Crime in Mexico’s capital plummeted to record lows under Sheinbaum, with fewer killings per capita than in many U.S. cities.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 03, 2026 20:40 UTC