MEXICO CITY — Mexican politician Andrés Manuel López Beltrán, the son of former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, mentioned america revoked his visa, prompting an enchantment to U.S. President Donald Trump and criticism Friday from Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, who known as the choice “primarily political in nature.”
López Beltrán introduced the visa revocation in a letter to Trump posted on Instagram on Thursday, saying U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Beneath Secretary Christopher Landau “ordered the withdrawal of my permission to enter america,” regardless of having “no proof towards me concerning any immoral or legal act.”
The U.S. authorities has not publicly disclosed the rationale for the visa revocation, and it was not clear from López Beltrán’s put up what sort of a visa was revoked.
A U.S. Embassy spokesperson in Mexico, who spoke on situation of anonymity as a result of they weren’t licensed to debate the case publicly, advised The Related Press on Friday that visa data are confidential beneath U.S. legislation and declined to touch upon the person case.
Washington’s determination comes lower than 4 months after one other setback for Mexico’s ruling get together, Morena, when federal prosecutors in New York introduced a case against 10 current and former Mexican officials, together with Sinaloa Gov. Rubén Rocha Moya of the ruling get together, over alleged hyperlinks to drug trafficking.
Addressing the visa revocations of Mexican politicians at her morning information convention Friday, Sheinbaum urged america to supply proof of any allegations towards them however mentioned the difficulty wouldn’t result in a battle with Washington.
“All we ask for is respect,” she mentioned.
López Beltrán — often called Andy — was one among his father’s closest aides earlier than his 2018 presidential victory. Native media reported that he managed his father’s non-public schedule and oversaw Morena’s actions in Mexico Metropolis and the neighboring State of Mexico.
For a lot of López Obrador’s six-year presidency, from 2018 to 2024, López Beltrán, the second of his 4 kids, stayed out of get together politics and centered on a chocolate enterprise. However in September 2024, weeks earlier than his father left workplace, he was elected Morena’s secretary of group.
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