Claudia Sheinbaum says Mexico reviewing legal action against Elon Musk
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Sheinbaum called Musk’s allegations, presented without evidence on his social media platform X, absurd.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo said her government is considering legal action after billionaire Elon Musk said drug cartels control her administration.
In a Feb. 24 news conference, Sheinbaum called Musk’s allegations, presented without evidence on his social media platform X, absurd. Sheinbaum’s comments come days after Mexican officials said armed forces killed wanted drug lord Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, alias El Mencho, during a Feb. 22 military operation in the Mexican state of Jalisco.
“We are considering whether we take legal action,” Sheinbaum, a member of the left-leaning MORENA party, told reporters. “The lawyers are reviewing it. But the truth is what matters to me is what the people say.”
On his platform, Musk, a right-wing ally of President Donald Trump, on Feb. 23 said Sheinbaum was “just saying what her cartel bosses tell her to say.” Musk, whose net worth is more than $840 billion, was responding to a 2025 video in which Sheinbaum said returning to a war on drugs wasn't an option.
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