Sheinbaum says she rejected Trump offer to send US troops to Mexico

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Saturday that she had rejected an offer from US President Donald Trump to send American troops to her country to help combat drug trafficking.

“I told him, ‘No, President Trump, our territory is inviolable, our sovereignty is inviolable, our sovereignty is not for sale,’” she said at a public event, referring to a recent report in The Wall Street Journal.

The report, she said, was “true … but not as described”.

During a call, Sheinbaum said, Trump had asked how he could help fight organised crime and suggested sending US troops.

She said she declined, telling him that “we will never accept the presence of the United States Army in our territory”.

Sheinbaum said she did offer to collaborate, including through greater information-sharing.