MEXICO CITY \u00a0\u2014\u00a0Former Mexican President Andres Manuel L\u00f3pez Obrador issued a blistering statement criticizing President Trump and describing what he called a conspiracy by the his administration to weaken the Mexican left. <\/p>\n
He said a U.S. campaign against \u201cnarco-terrorism\u201d <\/a>was not a genuine attempt to solve a serious problem but a \u201cpretext\u201d to intervene in Mexican affairs.<\/p>\n After he left office in 2024, L\u00f3pez Obrador retired to his sprawling ranch in southern Chiapas state, where he has largely stayed out of the public eye. But amid a mounting crisis for Morena, the leftist political party he founded, L\u00f3pez Obrador reemerged Wednesday night after The Times reported that the U.S. was investigating two border state governors, both Morena members, for possible ties to cartels.<\/p>\n \u201cTo be clear,\u201d wrote<\/a> L\u00f3pez Obrador, \u201csome U.S. officials are plotting to weaken Morena and strengthen the right-wing opposition in Mexico with the idea of once again having a subservient government … that is vulnerable, subordinate and loyal to their interventionist designs.\u201d<\/p>\n The former president\u2019s message comes amid threats of U.S. military strikes on cartel targets on Mexico soil and as the Trump administration deepens its probes<\/a> into sitting Mexican officials suspected of links to organized crime. The U.S. recently indicted<\/a> several prominent Morena leaders, including the governor of Sinaloa state, for drug trafficking. And as the Times reported this week, it has revoked the visas of two other governors who are also under investigation. <\/p>\n L\u00f3pez Obrador said the Trump administration blames Mexico \u201cfor all of its ills,\u201d which he compared to Adolf Hitler\u2019s \u201cpropaganda tactic of repeating lies.\u201d <\/p>\n