Mexico’s ex-president accuses US of plotting to weaken governing party

Mexico’s former president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador , has accused US officials of trying to weaken the governing party to strengthen the opposition, amid rising tensions between the two countries over Washington’s investigations into several Mexican governors. “Some US officials are plotting to weaken Morena and strengthen the rightwing opposition in Mexico with the aim of restoring a subservient, corrupt, mafia-like, and cruel government,” López Obrador wrote in a lengthy letter posted on X on Wednesday. The former leader, known popularly as Amlo, also accused officials of using “Hitler-like propaganda of repeating and repeating lies with an eye toward the upcoming November elections, to continue blaming Mexico for each and every one of their problems.” Amlo’s letter comes as tensions between Mexico and the US reach a boiling point following revelations that CIA agents were working in Mexico, as well as the Department of Justice’s indictment of the governor of Sinaloa on drug-trafficking charges in April. The LA Times has also reported that two more Mexican governors had their US visas revoked and were under investigation by US authorities. Amlo, who is reportedly living in retirement on a ranch in southern Mexico, continues to hold tremendous influence over the Morena party he founded: Mexico’s current president, Claudia Sheinbaum , has hewn closely to the former leader’s rhetoric and followed through on several of his political projects. …