Mexican Government Rejects Accusations of Interference in US through Consulates

BySin Embargo

This article originally appeared in the January 29, 2026 edition of Sin Embargo.

Mexico City. The Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( SRE ) categorically denied on Wednesday that its consular network in the United States (US) had sought to influence the internal political processes of that country, after President Donald Trump promoted on his social media a new book that warns of an alleged “ invisible coup ” against the US.

In a statement, the Foreign Ministry declared that what has been disseminated in some media outlets are unfounded falsehoods, since the work of Mexico’s consular network in the United States is based on the 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations and on the respect, commitment and reciprocity established by the 1943 Consular Convention between Mexico and the United States.

“The activities and programs of Mexican consulates are carried out in close coordination with local, state, and federal authorities, always with full respect for U.S. laws and the principle of non-intervention in internal affairs. Therefore, any claim to the contrary is unfounded and untrue,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE) wrote, also citing President Claudia Sheinbaum’s foreign policy, based on the principle of non-intervention and full respect for the sovereignty, institutions, and legal processes of each country.

“The activities and programs of Mexican consulates are carried out in close coordination with local, state, and federal authorities, always with full respect for U.S. laws and the principle of non-intervention in internal affairs. Therefore, any claim to the contrary is unfounded and untrue,” the Foreign Ministry added, reaffirming that, according to the principles of the Mexican government, “Mexican consular offices do not promote or participate, directly or indirectly, in demonstrations, protests, or any type of political mobilization within the United States.”

Book Warns of “Coup” Against US

On Wednesday, Donald Trump promoted on his social media the book The Invisible Coup: How American Elites and Foreign Powers Use Immigration as a Weapon, by Peter Schweizer, whose publication accuses the Mexican government of organizing an “invisible coup” against the US by “using mass migration as a political weapon to influence elections and undermine national security.”

“Mexico has 53 consulates in the United States, while the United Kingdom and China have six and seven, respectively. As I argue in the book, consular officials are busy supporting political activities (in the U.S.), trying to influence the presidential elections,” Schweizer stated on CBS News’ Takeout interview program with Major Garrett. “I think it’s inappropriate for the Mexican government and its diplomats to be involved in this type of political activity within the United States.”

In the book, the author points out that former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) visited US cities in February 2017 to call on Mexican migrants to oppose the anti-immigrant policies promoted by Trump, while in the case of Claudia Sheinbaum, Schweizer said that the President played the song The Migrant Anthem during a press conference.

“And although my birth certificate says American, I am pure Mexican […] We changed places but not flags/I have the green, white and red in my veins,” the song says, according to Schweizer, who even accused Morena Senator Gerardo Fernández Noroña of openly speaking of “reconquering” the United States by referring in the Congress of the Union to California, Texas and New Mexico, among other areas, as “occupied territories.”