Mexican Senator Lilly Téllez, a member of the conservative National Action Party (PAN), just blew the lid off the cartel’s iron grip on Mexico’s government and directly named President Claudia Sheinbaum as part of the corrupt “narco-political” machine.
Appearing on Fox & Friends Weekend with Rachel Campos-Duffy, Téllez accused Sheinbaum and her leftist ruling Morena Party of being bankrolled by cartel money, enabling narco-politicians to seize power while ordinary Mexicans suffer under drug-fueled violence and corruption.
According to Téllez, cartels are financing candidates, infiltrating government offices, and even dictating national policy. She warned that Mexico is sliding toward the same socialist collapse seen in Venezuela and Cuba, thanks to Sheinbaum’s dangerous alliances.
Lilly Téllez:
“The party has been financed—the cartels have given so much money to these politicians, narco-politicians of Morena, to get into office, to get power. The Mexican government protects the cartels. That is why President Sheinbaum doesn’t want strong American leadership to help Mexico defeat them.
Also, Sheinbaum doesn’t want the rest of the world to know what is happening here in Mexico. We are on the steps to becoming the next Venezuela. She is aligned with Venezuela’s dictator and with Cuba, and we are losing our country.
They have destroyed our republican institutions—the democratic state. I think all Mexicans want and welcome the help of the United States to assist the Mexican people against the cartels that have us in this crisis with fentanyl and migrant trafficking.”
President Sheinbaum tried to defend herself by pointing out that her administration has turned over cartel members and is “sharing intelligence” with the U.S. But Téllez dismissed this as smoke and mirrors.