Mexico’s warning landed like a thunderclap. In a rare public rebuke, President Claudia Sheinbaum accused the United States of shredding international law with a surprise military operation in Venezuela and the reported capture of Nicolás Maduro. She invoked the UN Charter, the Estrada Doctrine, and Latin America’s
Sheinbaum’s statement did more than criticize Washington; it drew a red line around Mexico’s identity in world affairs.
By invoking Article 2(4) of the UN Charter and the Estrada Doctrine, she framed the reported U.S. action not as a tactical dispute,
covert operations, and imposed regimes remain vivid.