Reference News Network, January 5 report. According to the Spanish website "ABC" on January 4, the incident of Maduro being forcibly controlled has become a sensitive issue in Mexican politics. The Mexican Senate had originally planned to hold a meeting on the 5th to vote on allowing U.S. military forces to enter the country for training, but this meeting has been indefinitely postponed. It is reported that the direct reason for the postponement is the current situation in Venezuela.

The two senators who pushed for the postponement of the meeting are closely related to the former president Lopez. Lopez previously posted on social media, questioning Trump about the U.S. cross-border control of the Venezuelan leader.

According to sources from the Mexican presidential palace, the former president's statement did not receive the approval of the current president, Sheinbaum. Sheinbaum had hoped that the government would lead the response to the U.S. actions in Venezuela. Several hours before Lopez made his statement, Sheinbaum had already publicly stated that the incident of Maduro being forcibly controlled涉嫌 violating the legal order, but at the same time deliberately avoided directly criticizing President Trump.

Lopez's statement was not only more forceful than what the Mexican government had expected, but also, within a few hours after his post, protests against the forced control of Maduro erupted outside the U.S. embassy in Mexico City. Mexican media confirmed that the number of Venezuelans participating in the demonstrations was very small, and the majority were Mexican people supporting the former president.

Since Sheinbaum became president, hundreds of U.S. military personnel have entered Mexico under the guise of cooperation. The Sheinbaum government tried to advance such bilateral cooperation projects to curb Trump's plan to send troops to Mexico to combat drug cartels.

Documents submitted by the Mexican government to the Senate show that Sheinbaum had applied for permission two weeks ago to approve the entry of 19 U.S. Navy SEALs and 10 members of the U.S. Navy's 7th Special Forces Group.

On the other hand, the Mexican presidential palace avoided letting the Senate pass a resolution with strong wording to criticize the U.S. government. After rapid political coordination, the final statement took a neutral tone and did not directly attack Trump. Despite this, senators supporting Lopez succeeded in pushing the Senate to postpone the hearing on approving the entry of U.S. military forces.

This series of events reflects internal divisions within the Mexican left-wing faction on issues regarding Trump and Venezuela: Sheinbaum hopes to maintain good relations with the United States and avoid unnecessary conflicts; while the radical faction represented by Lopez advocates confronting the Trump administration to consolidate its voter base. In addition, the radical faction also put forward the view that taking a moderate attitude towards the Trump administration is meaningless, because Trump has always been quick to attack Mexico. (Translation / Han Chao)

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