Mexico's Sheinbaum condemns latest "narco-boat" strikes in fiery address

Mexico City, Mexico - Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum slammed her US counterpart Donald Trump's "narco-boat" strikes after yet another deadly attack in the Pacific Ocean, and called for better cooperation.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum slammed the Trump administration for attacking yet another boat in the Pacific Ocean.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum slammed the Trump administration for attacking yet another boat in the Pacific Ocean.  © AFP/Yuri Cortez

"We do not agree with these interventions, and we have a model, a protocol that has yielded many results," declared Sheinbaum in comments, translated from Spanish, during her daily press conference on Wednesday.

"I spoke with the foreign minister and asked him to summon the ambassador to tell him that what we want is for that protocol to be improved, within the framework of the security agreements we have with the United States."

Sheinbaum's condemnation comes a day after she slammed the US for carrying out strikes off Mexico's coast and directed the Mexican Navy to search for the attack's sole survivor.

Mexico shares grim update on search for sole survivor of US boat strikes
Mexico Mexico shares grim update on search for sole survivor of US boat strikes

The search, tragically, was unsuccessful.

Her latest comments also come after US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday announced yet another attack off Mexico's coast.

"The Western Hemisphere is no longer a safe haven for narco-terrorists bringing drugs to our shores to poison Americans," Hegseth said, promising to "hunt them down and eliminate them wherever they operate."

Sheinbaum urges better cooperation from the US

In response to the attack, which killed four people, Sheinbaum said that Mexico's Foreign Minister Juan Ramón de la Fuente told the US Ambassador that the DOD needs to cooperate better with its southern neighbor.

Sheinbaum said that Fuente had communicated that "We never want any violation of our sovereignty, nor do we want these types of operations in the economic zone," because a Mexican citizen could be harmed.

"The ambassador agreed in principle," Sheinbaum said. "He obviously has to take it to the various levels of the United States government, but in principle he agreed that a protocol like the one previously used should be promoted."

Cover photo: AFP/Yuri Cortez

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