Mexico’s President: US Weaponizes Drug Trafficking Accusations To Destabilize Governments
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum stated that the United States government has historically used drug trafficking accusations against individuals or politicians as a strategy to create conditions for interference and weaken sovereign governments.
She added that this strategy is not only being applied against her government but was also previously used against that of former Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
To illustrate these interventionist mechanisms, she spoke about historical cases such as the Iran-Contra scandal, where the US used drug cartels to transport weapons to Nicaragua to overthrow the legitimate government there.