After her attack on “narco boats” in international waters near Mexico, President Claudia Sheinbaum He noted that the US was asked to respect and improve the security protocol in international waters.
Sheinbaum asks the US to act regarding international treaties
This Wednesday, when asked for an update on the attack by the US Army against an alleged flotilla of vessels transporting drugs to the United States, the Mexican president reiterated his rejection of this type of actions and asked that the already established guidelines be applied.
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“We do not agree with these interventions, and we have a model, a protocol, that has given many results (…) this meeting was requested from Foreign Affairs, I spoke with the Chancellor and asked him to summon the ambassador to tell him that what we want is for this protocol, well, to be improved, within the framework of the security agreements we have with the United States, but that operations continue”, detailed Sheinbaum Pardo.
The Chief Executive added that, in the meeting to speak with Johnson, an improvement in the protocol was requested, both for reasons of sovereignty as well as “because there could be a Mexican, regardless of whether he is a criminal or not, or a suspected criminal, on one of these vessels.”
Moments later, the Mexican president pointed out that, so far, the Secretary of the Navy has not located the survivor, and that they are waiting for the US to report on the nationalities of the dead occupants.
“No, he was not able to rescue (…) we are asking the United States Government, remember that they are international waters,” stated the President.
Federal sources indicated to this newspaper that the search and rescue operation continues.
Navy searches for survivor of boat attacked by the US
Yesterday, President Claudia Sheinbaum reported that the Navy is looking for a survivor of one of the “narco boats” attacked by EU in international waters.
This Tuesday, hours after Pete Hegseth, US Secretary of Defense, reported on X (@SecWar) of the attack in the Eastern Pacific, against 4 vessels who were supposedly transporting drugs, The Mexican president reported that there is a survivor who is wanted by the Navy, based on current international treaties.
“And it seems that there was one survivor and the Navy, “For humanitarian reasons and within international treaties, it decided to rescue this person.”he commented.
Moments later, the Secretary of the Navy reported on X (@SEMAR_mx) that the rescue operation, 400 nautical miles from Acapulco, is being carried out at the request of the United States.
“In compliance with the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) and following the request of the US Coast Guard, the Mexican Navy is carrying out a maritime search and rescue operation 400 miles SW of Acapulco (830 kilometers) with the aim of safeguarding human life at sea. This operation is carried out with an ocean patrol ship and a maritime patrol aircraft,” the Mexican agency posted.
Mexico rejects US actions
Regarding the attack by the US Forces on the boats, Sheinbaum Pardo expressed his rejection of this type of actions and announced that he had asked the heads of the Navy and Foreign Affairs to discuss the issue at a table.
“Us we do not agree with these attacks as they occur. So, I asked that within the framework of the security agreement we have with the United States, the ambassador be called and this situation could be seen in particular,” he commented.
At 7:20 Mexico time, Hegseth reported that this Monday, the “War Department” carried out 3 attacks against 4 ships operated by 15 “narco terrorists”, 14 of whom died from the attack and 1 survived.
“Regarding the survivor, USSOUTHCOM immediately initiated standard Search and Rescue (SAR) protocols; Mexican authorities accepted the case and assumed responsibility for coordinating the rescue,” he posted.
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