Narco-Politics Are In.

In her recent approach to foreign policy, President Claudia Sheinbaum appears to be underestimating a significant shift in regional dynamics that prioritizes the dismantling of regimes linked to organized crime and foreign influence. Raymundo Riva Palacio suggests that while the Mexican administration maintains a defiant stance for domestic political cohesion—aligning closely with the legacy of Andrés Manuel López Obrador—this posture ignores the growing external pressure to prosecute political figures allegedly tied to drug cartels. The capture of regional leaders like Nicolás Maduro has created a "domino effect" of information, potentially exposing deep-seated complicity between the Mexican political elite and criminal organizations. Ultimately, Sheinbaum faces a precarious dilemma: she must choose between maintaining internal loyalty within the Morena party and addressing the urgent demands for a more aggressive stance against "narco-politics" to avoid becoming a central target of international judicial scrutiny.

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