メキシコ、米国の「主権侵害」を拒否 麻薬カルテルとの闘いで

メキシコは、ドナルド・トランプ米大統領が全商品に対し25%の関税を課すと警告している状況の中で、トランプ氏が標的とする麻薬カルテルの麻薬密輸対策で米国との協力を強化している。
米国がテロ組織に指定した中南米の8つの麻薬組織には、「ハリスコ新世代」と「シナロア・カルテル」も含まれる。これらはメキシコ国内で最大の勢力を持ち、最も暴力的とされる組織だ。
シェインバウム氏はテロ組織指定について、「米国は麻薬カルテルを何と呼ぼうが自由だが、メキシコとの関係は協力と協調に基づくべきであり、従属や干渉、ましてや侵略であってはならない」と述べ、「この指定が米国による主権侵害の口実になってはならない」と警戒感を示した。
一方、メキシコ政府は、米国の銃器メーカーが販売管理を怠ったために麻薬組織に武器が流れたと非難している。
シェインバウム氏は、こうした銃器メーカーへの法的措置を拡大すると発表し、テロ組織との「共謀罪」での起訴につながる可能性もあると警告した。【翻訳編集AFPBBNews】
〔AFP=時事〕(2025/02/21-18:38)
Mexico says won't accept US 'invasion' in fight against cartels

Mexico's president warned the United States on Thursday her country would never tolerate an invasion of its national sovereignty and vowed fresh legal action against US gunmakers after Washington designated cartels as terrorist organizations.
The remarks were the latest in a series hitting back at the administration of President Donald Trump, which has ramped up pressure on its southern neighbor to curb illegal flows of drugs and migrants.
Mexico is trying to avoid the sweeping 25-percent tariffs threatened by Trump by increasing cooperation in the fight against narcotics trafficked by the cartels in his sights.
The eight Latin American drug trafficking groups designated as terrorist organizations include Mexican gangs such as the Jalisco New Generation and Sinaloa cartels -- two of the country's most powerful and violent criminal organizations.
But the designation cannot be an opportunity for the US to invade our sovereignty, President Claudia Sheinbaum told a news conference.
They can call them (the cartels) whatever they want, but with Mexico, it is collaboration and coordination, never subordination or interventionism, and even less invasion.
In an interview broadcast late Thursday on the social media platform X, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio attempted to allay those concerns.
In the case of Mexico, the preference always is to work in conjunction with our partners in Mexico, and we can provide them a lot of information about who they are and where they're located, he said, referring to the newly designated criminal gangs.
Sheinbaum said Mexico would expand its legal action against US gun manufacturers, which her government accuses of negligence in the sale of weapons that end up in the hands of drug traffickers.
The lawsuit could lead to a new charge of alleged complicity with terrorist groups, she said.
- 'Eligible for drone strikes'? -
Trump signed an executive order on his first day back in the White House last month saying that the cartels constitute a national security threat beyond that posed by traditional organized crime.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday that the designations provide law enforcement additional tools to stop these groups.
Terrorist designations play a critical role in our fight against terrorism and are an effective way to curtail support for terrorist activities, he said in a statement.
While he did not mention it, the move has raised speculation about possible military action against the cartels.
Tech billionaire Elon Musk, who has been given a prominent role in the Trump administration, suggested the designation means they're eligible for drone strikes.
On Wednesday, Sheinbaum confirmed that the United States had been operating drones spying on Mexican cartels as part of a collaboration that has existed for years.
According to The New York Times, Washington has stepped up secret drone flights over Mexico in search of fentanyl labs as part of Trump's campaign against drug cartels.
Military threats from the United States always generate resentment in Mexico, which lost half of its territory to the United States in the 19th century.
Sheinbaum said that she would present to Congress a constitutional reform to protect the integrity, independence and sovereignty of the nation including against the violation of its territory by land, air or sea.
On Thursday, Canada -- also under threat of 25-percent tariffs from Trump over the flow of drugs and migrants into the United States -- joined the United States in labeling seven drug cartels as terrorist entities.
The groups sanctioned by Canada included the Gulf Cartel, the Sinaloa Cartel, the Michoacan Family, the United Cartels, MS-13, TdA and the Jalisco New Generation Cartel.
- Mexico adjusting strategy -
Mexico says that between 200,000 and 750,000 weapons manufactured by US gunmakers are smuggled across the border from the United States every year, often being used in crime.
The Latin American country tightly controls firearm sales, making them practically impossible to obtain legally.
Even so, drug-related violence has seen around 480,000 people killed in Mexico since the government deployed the army to combat trafficking in 2006, according to official figures.
While she has ruled out declaring war on drug cartels, Sheinbaum has quietly dropped her predecessor's hugs not bullets strategy, which prioritized tackling the root causes of criminal violence over security operations.
Her government has announced a series of major drug seizures and deployed more troops to the border with the United States in return for Trump pausing tariffs for one month.
Mexican authorities also announced the arrest this week of two prominent members of the Sinaloa Cartel, including the head of security for one of its warring factions.

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