 "Mexican President Sheinbaum denies US claims she 'encouraged' LA protests")
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has rejected claims made by a US official that she played a role in fuelling the protests in Los Angeles against immigration raids , saying the allegations are “absolutely false”.
US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, earlier this week, accused Sheinbaum of “encouraging violent protests”.
Reposting a video of herself, where she can be heard condemning the violent demonstrations in the Californian city and urging Mexicans in the US to “live peacefully”, the president said, “We have always been against violent protests.”
Hace unos momentos, ante una pregunta de un medio, la secretaria de Seguridad Interior de los Estados Unidos, equivocadamente mencionó que alenté protestas violentas en Los Ángeles. Le informo que es absolutamente falso. Aquí dejo mi declaración del día de ayer donde claramente… pic.twitter.com/LEiVxdmvJv
— Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo (@Claudiashein) June 10, 2025
“On the other hand, our position is and will continue to be the defence of honest, hardworking Mexicans who support the United States economy and their families in Mexico,” she added.
“Claudia Sheinbaum came out and encouraged more protests in LA and I condemn her for that. She should not be encouraging violent protests that are going on," Noem claimed on Tuesday.
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More ShortsShe added, “People are allowed to peacefully protest. But the violence that we’re seeing is not acceptable, and it’s not going to happen in America.”
Immigration raids carried out across Los Angeles on Friday sparked mostly peaceful protests involving several hundred participants. However, tensions rose on Saturday when the US President Donald Trump took the extraordinary step of deploying the National Guard, asserting that the demonstrations constituted a “rebellion” against federal authority.
Mexican flag becomes flashpoint
Meanwhile, the Mexican flag has become a flashpoint during protests in Los Angeles this week, waved by demonstrators proud of their heritage but cast by Trump’s administration as heralding a “foreign invasion.”
“The only flag that will wave triumphant over the streets of Los Angeles is the American flag – so help me God,” the president told cheering soldiers Tuesday at Fort Bragg army base in North Carolina.
Republicans lined up behind Trump to frame the protests as an invasion, with the Mexican flag as its symbol and the demonstrators as insurrectionists.
“Look at all the foreign flags. Los Angeles is occupied territory,” top White House migration advisor Stephen Miller posted on X over footage of the demonstrations.
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