Mexican Senator Claims President Sheinbaum is Backed By Drug Cartels [WATCH]

Mexican Senator Lilly Téllez, a member of the conservative National Action Party (PAN), has accused President Claudia Sheinbaum and her ruling Morena Party of being financially backed by drug cartels, saying that Mexico is on the brink of becoming a “narco-state,” as reported by The Gateway Pundit.

Speaking on Fox & Friends Weekend with Rachel Campos-Duffy, Téllez alleged that cartels are not only funding political campaigns but also infiltrating government institutions and shaping policy.

She directly accused Sheinbaum of working with and protecting criminal organizations while resisting calls for stronger cooperation with the United States to combat cartel violence.

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“The party has been financed—the cartels have given so much money to these politicians, narco-politicians of Morena, to get into office, to get power. The Mexican government protects the cartels. That is why President Sheinbaum doesn’t want strong American leadership to help Mexico defeat them,” Téllez said.

She further warned that Mexico is heading down the same path as Venezuela and Cuba under leftist regimes.

“We are on the steps to becoming the next Venezuela. She is aligned with Venezuela’s dictator and with Cuba, and we are losing our country. They have destroyed our republican institutions—the democratic state. I think all Mexicans want and welcome the help of the United States to assist the Mexican people against the cartels that have us in this crisis with fentanyl and migrant trafficking,” she added.

President Sheinbaum has defended her administration by pointing to recent operations against organized crime, including the reported handover of 26 cartel members to U.S. authorities and ongoing intelligence-sharing. But Téllez dismissed these claims as superficial.

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“She really doesn’t want the help of the United States. She is lying to the Mexican people, telling them that the United States will take control of the whole country. What we have heard is that President Trump wants to help the Mexican people against the cartels. Mexican people are suffering. What they do is very, very little. We have huge narco-politicians here—in the Senate, the presidency, and the governorships. Mexico is a very dangerous place,” Téllez said.

Téllez also revealed she fears for her safety after publicly denouncing the president.

“Yes, I am afraid. The President has threatened me with criminal prosecution to get me out of the Senate and put me in jail, just because I told you here, on Fox News, the reality of our country with the cartels,” she told Campos-Duffy.

Despite the risks, the senator pledged to continue speaking out.

“The cartels are dominating everything here in Mexico. They are in all levels of government—the states, the cities, and the national government. So of course, I’m afraid. But I want people to know I will not step back. I pray under God’s guidance that the United States and Mexico must work together to defeat the cartels and win freedom for our country—to stop Mexico from becoming the next Venezuela.”

A Senator from Mexico went on Fox News and exposed it all

– The President of Mexico works for the Cartels
– She was funded by money from the cartels
– It’s not just the President, there are an entire group of Mexico politicians labeled the “narco politicians”
– Mexico is a… pic.twitter.com/px7xKhIUxP

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