Mexico City. President Claudia Sheinbaum sent today to the Congress of the Union an initiative to reform articles 19 and 40 of the Constitution, with the aim of making it clear that with any country and in particular with the United States “we collaborate, we coordinate, we work together”, but without interference or violation of sovereignty.
“We want this to be clear”, emphasized the President, once the government and the Senate of the United States decided to name six Mexican organized crime groups as terrorist groups.
Thus, Article 40 incorporates that the people of Mexico, “under no circumstances will accept interventions, meddling” or any activity that comes from abroad and is detrimental to national sovereignty.
It states that no type of incursion by land, water or airspace will be accepted, nor will the carrying out of investigations or persecutions be allowed without the express approval of the Mexican State.
Meanwhile, the proposed reform to Article 19 of the Constitution states that any national or foreigner involved in the manufacture, distribution, transfer of weapons in the national territory, as well as any foreigner who carries out activities outside the law, “will be subject to the most severe penalty possible” and will be subject to unofficial preventive imprisonment.
Sheinbaum informed that also due to the decision announced yesterday by the U.S. government and the recognition by the Department of Justice that 74 percent of the weapons seized come from that country, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is working on Mexico’s lawsuit against the producers and distributors of weapons, in order to broaden it and include as responsible for complicity those who sell weapons that are introduced into national territory.
Drug use prevention strategy
Later, Sheinbaum also referred to President Donald Trump’s comment about her being a wonderful woman and the idea he gave her of having a fentanyl consumption prevention program.
With his comments, the president said, Trump recognized the Mexican strategy “of what we call attention to the causes” and that the United States should address the issue of illegal drug consumption there, she said.
The president commented that in the second call with Trump, he asked her if there was a problem with fentanyl in Mexico and the answer was that it is not so serious and because of the values and the protection of families and young people.
President Trump “remembered the conversation very well” and his expressions contribute to building a good relationship.
Questioned about the meeting held yesterday between the Secretary of National Defense, General Ricardo Trevilla Trejo, and the head of the Northern Command, General Gregory M. Guillot, she said that it was a respectful conversation in which they agreed to maintain close communication when there is a presumption of a criminal act.