Mexican president considers legal action against Elon Musk over drug cartel accusation

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Tuesday her authorities is weighing ineligible enactment against Elon Musk aft the billionaire accused her, without evidence, of having ties to cause cartels pursuing the sidesplitting of a large cartel leader.

Musk made the allegation successful a station connected X responding to a resurfaced 2025 video successful which Sheinbaum discussed cartel unit and rejected a instrumentality to a militarized crackdown. 

"Returning to the warfare against the narco is not an option. First, due to the fact that it is extracurricular the model of the law," she said successful the clip.

The video was shared by an X idiosyncratic who asked, "She’s a cartel works right?"

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says her authorities is reviewing ineligible enactment aft Elon Musk accused her of cartel ties pursuing the sidesplitting of El Mencho. (Francis Chung/Politico/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

"She’s conscionable saying what her cartel bosses archer her to say," Musk replied. "Let’s conscionable accidental that their punishment for disobedience is simply a small worse than ‘a show betterment plan.’"

Sheinbaum responded to the comments during her regular greeting property conference, saying her authorities was evaluating its options.

"We are considering whether to instrumentality ineligible action," she said, adding that authorities lawyers were reviewing the matter.

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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says her authorities is reviewing ineligible enactment aft Elon Musk accused her of cartel ties pursuing the sidesplitting of El Mencho. (Raquel Cunha/Reuters)

Musk’s station came aft Mexican information forces captured and killed Nemesio Oseguera, known arsenic "El Mencho," the longtime person of the almighty Jalisco New Generation Cartel, successful an cognition that triggered roadblocks and arson attacks successful parts of the country.

A subject violative against cartels launched successful 2006 by erstwhile President Felipe Calderon led to bloody turf battles arsenic gangs splintered, fueling a spiral of unit that analysts accidental contributed to Mexico’s persistently precocious homicide rates.

Asked whether the cognition against Oseguera signaled a displacement toward a much assertive information posture, Sheinbaum rejected that notion.

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A subordinate of the Prosecutor’s Office stands defender adjacent a burning autobus connected a main avenue aft it was acceptable connected occurrence by organized transgression groups successful Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico, connected Feb. 22. (Ulises Ruiz/AFP via Getty Images)

"The detention of a suspected transgression with an apprehension warrant tin make this benignant of circumstance, but we are looking for peace, not war," she said.

Ruling MORENA enactment president Luisa Alcalde besides criticized Musk’s remarks, urging him to usage his level to code cause consumption, addiction, disinformation and the promotion of narco culture.

"Wealth does not springiness motivation authority," she said. "The lives that are mislaid successful this fight, often fueled by depletion successful different countries, are worthy infinitely much than immoderate luck amassed successful Silicon Valley."

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More than 130,000 radical are listed arsenic missing successful Mexico, wherever overmuch of the unit is linked to cause cartels that merchantability narcotics to the U.S. and get firearms from crossed the border.

Reuters contributed to this report.

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