Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum criticized the US attacks on ships in the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean and instructed to summon the American ambassador for clarification.
“It’s important. Today, I outlined this position to the Secretary of the Navy and the Minister of Foreign Affairs so that these issues can be considered on a joint platform, because, as you know, we want all international treaties to be respected, and we disagree with how these attacks occur. Therefore, I have asked that, as part of the security agreement that we have with the United States, the ambassador be summoned and this situation be considered separately,” Sheinbaum said.
Earlier, Pentagon Chief Pete Hegseth said that the US armed forces had carried out three targeted strikes on ships involved in drug trafficking in the eastern Pacific Ocean, as a result of which 14 people were eliminated, another survived and was handed over to the Mexican authorities. According to Hegseth, the operations took place in international waters and are directed against “recognized terrorist organizations engaged in drug trafficking.”
The Mexican Navy announced on Tuesday that, at the request of the United States, it is conducting a search and rescue operation in the Pacific Ocean more than 400 nautical miles southwest of Acapulco involving an ocean patrol ship and a maritime patrol aircraft. The announcement came after Washington launched new strikes in the area.
In recent weeks, Washington has repeatedly used armed forces against boats in the Caribbean and the Pacific Ocean, which, according to the American side, were transporting drugs. These actions provoked condemnation from a number of countries in the region, including Venezuela and Colombia, which declared violations of international law and a threat to regional security.