Mexico refuses to accept a U.S. deportation flight
The Mexican government has criticized President Donald Trump’s unilateral immigration actions, and the landing would have required Mexico’s assistance.
Jan. 24, 2025, 5:01 PM EST / Updated Jan. 24, 2025, 7:46 PM EST
By Courtney Kube and Jonathan Allen
WASHINGTON — Mexico denied a U.S. military plane access to land Thursday, at least temporarily frustrating the Trump administration’s plans to deport immigrants to the country, according to two U.S. defense officials and a third person familiar with the situation.
Two Guatemala-bound Air Force C-17s, carrying about 80 people apiece, flew deportees out of the U.S. Thursday night, the sources said. The third flight, slotted for Mexico, never took off. . . .
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s government has said it opposes Trump taking “unilateral” action to implement restrictive immigration standards — including the reinstatement of a “remain in Mexico” policy that forces migrants to stay in that country while they await adjudication of asylum claims. Flying deportees into a foreign country requires the cooperation of that nation’s government, and Mexico declined to give its consent. . . .
That’s just the cartel influence being cashed in. Once the guided bombs start landing on the McVillas, the tone will be much more submissive on their part.
I think the cartels killed all her political opponents.
her policy toward the cartels is “Hugs not bullets” so, if ever a Mexican President was the cartel’s marionette, it’s her.
Jorge Huerta Cabrera, a candidate who was running for a council seat in the town of Izucar de Matamoros, was gunned down in the attack, according to the state prosecutor’s office.
The killing takes the number of assassinated candidates in the 2024 election season to 37 . . .
The issue of violent crime has emerged as one of the top issues in this year’s presidential contest . . .
Reuters reported. Integralia counted 828 nonlethal attacks on political candidates during the current election campaign.
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Cartels are becoming increasingly dangerous — they’re now well-armed and politically influential. According to a report translated by NPR, more than 30,000 people are murdered each year in Mexico, compared to roughly 18,500 in the U.S. in 2023.
(Mexico’s population is a little more than one-third that of the US)
