Trump militarizes the Roosevelt Reserve with active troops and surveillance equipment; Sheinbaum's government doesn't protest, doesn't act, doesn't exist
The president Claudia Sheinbaum, so active in Latin American integration forums,
disappeared when the Mexican border was transformed into a military operations zone. She said nothing about the troop deployment, the violation of agreements, or the mass criminalization of migrants.
The message is brutal:
Washington militarizes the border; Mexico militarizes its silence.
The southern U.S. border is militarized with helicopters, soldiers, and drones. Meanwhile, the northern border of Mexico remains controlled by cartels, traffickers, and parallel structures.
What should be sovereign territory is no man's land.
Meanwhile, the federal government boasts "transformation" and "humanist model."
But it can't even issue a firm condemnation when the foreign army sets up bases next to its territory.
Mexico no longer decides at the border. It only reacts.
Each reaction is weaker, slower, more servile. Because the 4T turned foreign policy into a public relations office... at the service of whoever commands from Washington.
Donald Trump signed an executive order authorizing the U.S. Army to operate directly on a strip of federal lands along the border with Mexico. The measure includes the Roosevelt Reservation, a 60-foot-wide line running from California to Texas. Active troops will be able to detain migrants and hand them over to civil authorities.
The plan includes physical barriers, sensors, drones, and constant surveillance, with an initial 45-day trial phase.
If it works, it will be permanent. Meanwhile, Mexico, as always, was excluded from any consultation.
U.S. officials stated that military intervention is necessary due to "uncontrolled migration." Meanwhile, although the legality of this action is already questioned by U.S. experts, Trump didn't wait for permissions or consensus: he simply did it.
The reaction of the Mexican government was predictable. There was no diplomatic note, official stance, or urgent conference. Only the mute silence of a State that stopped defending its sovereignty long ago.
The militarization occurs in a context of an overwhelming migration crisis. A crisis deeply aggravated by the permissive, negligent, and cynical policies of López Obrador's government. Today, Trump is only reaping what Morena sowed.
The "hugs" strategy translated into a border without control, without surveillance, and without authority. Meanwhile, the United States, seeing Mexico turned into a trafficking corridor, decided to take command.
