‘We operate in Mexico, no one else,’ Sheinbaum tells Trump: Monday’s mañanera recapped

President Claudia Sheinbaum began her Monday greeting property league soon aft 9 a.m. — overmuch aboriginal than accustomed — arsenic she had a telephone telephone with Donald Trump earlier successful the day.

The speech betwixt the 2 leaders took spot 4 days aft Trump said that the United States was going to commencement “hitting” cartels connected land, a remark that accrued expectations that a U.S. subject onslaught connected a cartel people successful Mexico would occur.

As expected, the telephone was the cardinal absorption of Sheinbaum’s mañanera. (Read Mexico News Daily’s archetypal study here.)

The president described her speech with Trump arsenic “very good” and “respectful.”

The result appeared to beryllium exceedingly affirmative for Mexico, arsenic Sheinbaum seemingly staved disconnected — astatine slightest for present — the imaginable of a unilateral U.S. onslaught connected cartels wrong Mexican territory.

Asked whether a U.S. “military action” successful Mexico could beryllium “ruled out” pursuing her telephone with Trump, the president responded “yes.”

Sheinbaum rules retired US subject enactment successful Mexico aft Trump call

Among different remarks, Sheinbaum noted that she expressed to Trump Mexico’s absorption to the United States’ involution successful Venezuela based connected the law rule of non-intervention.

“He said, ‘OK, I recognize that’s your constitution,’ and fundamentally that was the speech astir the contented of Venezuela,” she said.

Sheinbaum sought telephone with Trump 

Sheinbaum reminded reporters that successful airy of Trump’s declaration that the United States would people Mexican cartels connected land, she directed Foreign Affairs Minister Juan Ramón de la Fuente to marque interaction with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

“They spoke yesterday,” she noted.

“And I besides made the determination to scope retired to President Trump successful a call,” Sheinbaum said, adding that the Trump medication “gave us” the Monday greeting slot for the speech connected Friday.

“In these conditions, it’s ever amended to question dialogue,” she said.

Sheinbaum said that dialog with the U.S. has “worked for us” since she took bureau and “worked today.”

The telephone was brief, but the leaders program to talk again soon 

Sheinbaum said that her telephone with Trump lasted astir 15 minutes. She said they agreed to different telephone soon successful bid to sermon “other issues,” including trade.

“We agreed to proceed speaking to sermon each indispensable issues successful the bilateral relationship,” she said.

Sheinbaum noted that a bilateral information gathering is scheduled to instrumentality spot connected Jan. 22 and 23.

Later successful the year, officials from the Mexican, U.S. and Canadian governments volition conscionable to reappraisal the USMCA escaped commercialized pact, which Trump has undermined by imposing tariffs connected a scope of products from some Mexico and Canada.

Sheinbaum: Trump didn’t accidental thing astir planned incursions into Mexico

Asked whether Trump spoke astir planned U.S. “incursions” into Mexico to combat cartels — arsenic the U.S. president has indicated helium is prepared to undertake — Sheinbaum said helium didn’t notation the issue.

“He didn’t speech astir it, helium didn’t speech astir it,” she stressed.

Sheinbaum did acknowledge, however, that Trump offered to supply further assistance to Mexico to combat organized transgression wrong Mexican territory, including with a U.S. subject deployment, if the Mexican authorities wants specified help.

“I told him, ‘not that.’ I’ve already said respective times that that’s not connected the table, but we proceed collaborating wrong the model of our sovereignties,” she said.

NBC News reported successful November that the Trump medication had begun readying a “potential mission” connected Mexican ungraded that would people Mexico’s notorious cause cartels, including with drone strikes.

Mexico tin bash ‘a batch more’ to combat cartels, says Sheinbaum

Sheinbaum said that Trump acknowledged the efforts Mexico has made to combat organized crime, including by arresting a immense fig of cartel suspects and dismantling clandestine cause labs. However, she noted that the U.S. president expressed that Mexico could bash adjacent more.

“I said, ‘Yes indeed, we tin bash a batch more, but we’re working, and the important happening is to support this narration of respect and collaboration,'” Sheinbaum said.

From Oct. 1, 2024, done Dec. 31, 2025, Mexico’s information ministry — led by Omar García Harfuch — arrested 40,735 people, dismantled 1,887 laboratories and seized much than 318 tonnes of drugs and 21,357 firearms. (@OHarfuch/X)

The president didn’t spell into specifics arsenic to however her authorities could ramp up its combat against Mexican cartels, six of which person been designated arsenic overseas violent organizations by the U.S. government. Sheinbaum made nary notation of having committed to undertake immoderate circumstantial enactment to appease Trump.

Last Thursday, Security Minister Omar García Harfuch reported that much than 40,000 radical person been arrested for “high-impact crimes” during the word of the existent government, portion implicit 318 tonnes of drugs and 21,400 firearms person been seized.

He besides said that the service and navy person dismantled 1,887 methamphetamine labs since Sheinbaum took bureau connected Oct. 1, 2024.

Sheinbaum: ‘We run successful Mexico, nary 1 else’

Sheinbaum said that the U.S. authorities knows however important sovereignty and territorial integrity are for Mexico.

“So they tin springiness america quality information, we enactment together, but we run successful Mexico, nary 1 else,” she said.

“Even the agents they person … successful Mexico cognize their limitations precise well, and they’re marked by law,” Sheinbaum said.

She highlighted that determination are 4 cardinal tenets to the information collaboration betwixt Mexico and the United States, including “respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity” and “cooperation without subordination.”

Sheinbaum: ‘Organized transgression can’t beryllium classified arsenic terrorism’

A newsman noted that the U.S. State Department spoke astir “narcoterrorism” successful a connection it issued connected Sunday aft Rubio’s telephone with de la Fuente. She asked the president whether Mexico accepted the usage of the word to picture the activities of cause cartels.

“We don’t agree,” Sheinbaum responded.

“Our constitution and our laws talk astir coercion successful different sense. Organized transgression can’t beryllium classified arsenic terrorism. Terrorism has to bash with actions against the government, … and different schemes. So, it’s not successful the model of our authorities to picture [organized crime] that way,” she said.

Sheinbaum added that her authorities doesn’t hold with the designation of cartel activities arsenic “terrorism” being utilized arsenic justification for “an involution successful our country.”

She noted that the Mexican Constitution was precocious modified to marque it wide that “the radical of Mexico” are opposed to “any interventionism” by a overseas country.

Sheinbaum: Mexico indispensable support a bully narration with US 

Sheinbaum noted that her authorities doesn’t hold with the Trump medication connected “many issues.”

Nevertheless, “we privation to person a bully narration [with the United States] and that’s the mode it indispensable be,” she said.

Sheinbaum said that a bully bilateral narration is indispensable “because we’re neighbors [and] commercialized partners, and due to the fact that we ever person to question a bully knowing without violating our principles.”

She said that her government’s narration with the Trump medication has been bully until present — contempt the assorted differences — and that she wants that to proceed to beryllium the case.

A connection for the Mexican people

🇺🇸🫷 Llamada de Sheinbaum y #Trump: la presidenta de México afirmó que el mandatario insistió en el envío de militares a #México para ayudar a nuestro país a combatir a los cárteles, misdeed embargo, recalcó que “nunca negociaré soberanía de México” pic.twitter.com/K6O1rkbzjd

— El Financiero (@ElFinanciero_Mx) January 12, 2026

Asked whether she had a connection for the radical of Mexico successful airy of Trump’s remarks past week and her speech with the U.S. president connected Monday morning, Sheinbaum said:

“The radical of Mexico indispensable firstly cognize that their president volition ne'er negociate sovereignty oregon territorial integrity — never. Secondly, that we question coordination [with the U.S.] without subordination, arsenic equals. And thirdly that … connection [with the U.S.], coordination and the defence of the radical of Mexico present and determination [in the U.S.] … is permanent.”

Mexico could mediate US-Cuba talks, says Sheinbaum

Asked whether Trump inquired astir the lipid Mexico sends to Cuba, Sheinbaum responded that “we didn’t talk astir the Cuba issue.”

“That could beryllium an contented we talk astir later,” she said.

Sheinbaum besides said that Mexico could enactment arsenic an intermediary successful talks betwixt the United States and Cuba, a state that Trump, connected Sunday, urged to “make a deal” with his authorities “before it is excessively late.”

She said that Mexico is successful “the champion position” to mediate talks betwixt the U.S. and Cuba, but acknowledged that some countries would person to hold to prosecute with each different earlier specified discussions tin instrumentality place.