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Mexico rejects CIA or US military role in cartel fight

U.S. President Donald Trump argues that neither Denmark nor NATO is capable of defending Greenland from a Russian or Chinese takeover.

He applies a similar logic to Mexico, asserting without evidence that drug cartels control the country and that President Claudia Sheinbaum cannot stop them. Consequently, he has consistently pressured her to permit elite U.S. forces to operate on Mexican soil — a demand met with renewed defiance.

Mexico’s 2026 tax plan: crackdowns and new levies on ‘harmful’ products

To fund a historic expansion of social welfare programs in 2026, the Mexican Congress last year approved a new tax strategy focused on enforcement and selective tax hikes.   The plan avoids broad reform and increased personal taxes, instead targeting fraud, digital platforms and specific “harmful” goods to generate the revenue needed to cover the rising costs of pensions, youth scholarships and other benefits (see story above).