“Our investigation and reporting has significantly impacted both Beijing and Mexico City,” stated Peter Schweitzer, who leads the Government Accountability Institute.
Recent news indicates that the Trump administration is adopting a firm approach toward the Mexican government, aiming to counteract perceived threats to U.S. sovereignty stemming from the Mexican consulate and politicians associated with drug cartels.
Two weeks ago, the U.S. Department of Justice unsealed an indictment against Sinaloa’s state governor, Ruben Roca Mora, along with several associates, for drug trafficking.
Last week, the State Department initiated a review of the activities conducted by the Mexican consulate in the U.S., following accusations in Schweitzer’s bestselling book, Invisible Coup. The book suggests that consular officials may be breaching their diplomatic mandates by getting involved in U.S. internal matters, influencing the 2024 elections, and inciting anti-ICE protests in major cities in 2025.
Clearly, the book is making waves.
“We’re not publishing just for the sake of it; we genuinely want to affect high-level government actions,” Schweitzer shared in a recent episode of his show, Drill Down.
“A crucial shift is underway in the quest for Mexican independence,” added Eric Eggers, co-host of Drill Down. He mentioned that the Trump administration’s review of all 53 Mexican consulates in the U.S. is a direct result of their reporting.
Eggers went on to explain that they had met with President Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent just days before their book’s release to outline what’s been occurring.
One of the startling revelations in Invisible Coup describes a meeting held at the Mexican Consulate General in Oklahoma City in May 2024. There, consular officials, members of the Mexican Foreign Ministry, and Democratic Party operatives convened to strategize on “how to turn a red state into a blue state.”
Both New York Times and CBS News have reported on the State Department’s review and connected it to Schweitzer’s findings, suggesting that this could lead to the closure of half of Mexico’s consulates due to diplomatic rule violations.
“The truth is, these 53 consulates are involved in our internal affairs,” Schweitzer asserted. “They’re organizing anti-ICE protests and attempting to shift the election away from Republican candidates advocating for stricter border control. I quote them saying this in the book.”
Furthermore, the GAI’s publication touches on corruption within the Mexican government, especially in areas dominated by powerful drug cartels. The indictments align with the known associations of Sinaloa Governor Rocha to the Sinaloa Cartel, as noted in Schweitzer’s book and investigative work by fearless journalist Anabel Hernandez.
Invisible Coup has previously made significant impacts. The book, thoroughly researched and compiled over two years by 13 GAI researchers, reveals China’s interest in “birth tourism,” where, reportedly, about a million children are born in the U.S. to Chinese parents and returned to China. This issue was raised during U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments, as they now confront a challenge to Trump’s executive order concerning citizenship for children born on U.S. soil to parents without legal status.
In discussing Trump’s recent actions regarding Mexico, Schweitzer emphasized that the president had once sought collaboration with President Claudia Sheinbaum’s administration to combat the flow of fentanyl from China and Mexico into the U.S.
Eggers added, “It seems reasonable to think that the Sinaloa governor has longstanding ties to the Sinaloa Cartel, which has terrorized voters he vowed to protect. It’s hard to believe he could have been elected without cartel support.”
Schweitzer noted that this places President Sheinbaum in a precarious position; she would either have to detain a fellow president of her party, which might bolster Trump’s support, or maintain loyalty to Rocha, thereby possibly improving her standing within her party but jeopardizing relations with the U.S. So far, she hasn’t agreed to extradite him.
Although Sheinbaum has shown some alignment with Trump’s anti-drug initiatives, Schweitzer pointed out, “She’ll likely favor the drug cartels since her election was reportedly aided by them. Evidence suggests her campaign funding came from cartel sources. She made her choice.”
Sheinbaum explained her refusal to extradite the Sinaloa governor, attributing it to “the testimony of unidentified witnesses,” prompting Eggers to quip about the potential irony of not disclosing witness identities to the cartels.
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