Will Trump 'cut off' Sheinbaum with information on US spy drone flights?

At her morning press conference, President Claudia Sheinbaum was asked whether the Mexican government will request information from the United States regarding the flights they have made in the last week within the country.

" This information is private and part of the National Security System, which is used by the authorities, and it is something that is always handled within a framework of respect," said the president.

The planes' objective, it seems, is to gather information on Mexican drug cartels , which were recently declared terrorists .

Since January 20, the presence of US aircraft has increased , as President Donald Trump demanded that the president end organized crime that traffics fentanyl to his country.

Sheinbaum responded that the flights are not recent, that a lot of intelligence information is shared that allows for arrests, but the planning and operation is from each country. “That is why we say that they are joint work protocols,” she said.

General Ricardo Trevilla , head of the Sedena, also assured that at no time has the national sovereignty of our country been violated and that in October targets were established that affect the country's security in order to work in a more organized manner with the United States.

He said the U.S. flights complement the information Mexico has on organized crime and the operations are carried out with Mexican troops.

In recent days, Sheinbaum spoke about the information that was released about the overflight of CIA drones in Mexican territory used by the United States to monitor the cartels .

" There is nothing illegal, but rather cooperation. The flights are part of coordination, collaborations that have been in place for many years between both governments (of Mexico and the US)," said the president.

The president also referred to the flight of US planes in Mexico and assured that permission had been requested for this.

CNN reported that the CIA is using MQ-9 Reaper drones in Mexican territory to spy on drug cartels .

On February 19, the Morena majority in the Chamber of Deputies asked the federal government for a report on the flights of United States aircraft and drones over Mexican territory, because it warned that “ we cannot get used to or accept the violation of our soil and our sovereignty.”

The coordinator of the Morena majority in the Legislative Palace, Ricardo Monreal, announced that “the Chamber of Deputies of the Congress of the Union requires and will request an explanation and information on why these drones are presenting themselves, or were presenting themselves, invading our sovereignty, acting in an interventionist manner.”

"We cannot admit it, we will not admit it, we will not accept it," he warned.

The US Air Force aircraft did not have a flight plan and the Airspace Protection Act classifies this type of operation as clandestine or unauthorized flights , which imply the activation of an interception procedure established in article 21 of said law.

“(Cenavi) will activate its aerial interception procedure when: I. By its own aerial means and detection systems, it detects or observes a trace of interest, an unauthorized flight or a clandestine flight , and II. Upon being informed by the Navigation Services in Mexican Airspace of the Detection of a trace of interest, an unauthorized flight,” states the twenty-first article of the law.