EXCLUSIVE: Mexico Is Open to ‘More U.S. Boots on the Ground’ in War on Cartels
President Sheinbaum, having previously spoken against American intervention in battle against the crime lords, is changing her tune.

In a new twist, Mexicans who in the past resisted the idea of American “boots on the ground” to aid their country’s fight against crime cartels are now increasingly open to it, The New York Sun has learned. President Trump, in contrast, is launching a tariff battle against the southern neighbor, citing the flow of fentanyl.
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