Trump’s Target in Mexico Isn't Cartels. It's Claudia Sheinbaum.
May 8, 2026
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as posted by the channelIs Trump’s drug war really about stopping cartels — or is it a weapon to crush Latin America's left?
Stephanie Weatherbee of the International People's Assembly joins Rania Khalek and Zoe Alexandra to expose how the Trump administration is using drug trafficking charges as political ammunition against progressive leaders like Mexico's Claudia Sheinbaum and Colombia's Gustavo Petro.
From the pardon of Honduran narco-politician Juan Orlando Hernández to the sudden indictment of a Morena governor in Sinaloa, Weatherbee breaks down the alarming pattern: the U.S. is weaponizing the "war on drugs" to intimidate, destabilize, and blackmail governments that refuse to bow to Washington's economic demands. The goal, she explains, is to curb Latin America’s commercial and trade relationships with China and secure access to rare earth minerals.
This is not a war on drugs, Weatherbee argues, but a war on Latin America's left.
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