Fury in Mexico over Trump’s ‘slanderous’ claim of cartel links
by Tom Phillips Latin America correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6V0C1)
President Sheinbaum and politicians across the spectrum condemn accusation, which follows imposition of US tariffs
Mexico's president, Claudia Sheinbaum, has hit back at Donald Trump's slanderous" claim that her government had joined forces with drug bosses, amid anger and incredulity at the US president's attack on the leaders of Latin America's second biggest economy.
Trump made the claim on Saturday as he announced 25% tariffs against Mexico that the US said were a response to illegal immigration and the intolerable alliance" between drug trafficking organisations and Mexico's government, which had allegedly offered safe haven to dangerous cartels".
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