Claudia Sheinbaum
Role at the time: President of Mexico
Statement summary
President Claudia Sheinbaum said at her morning news conference that Mexico cannot allow the mistreatment of its compatriots, that the measures taken so far had not produced the results Mexico wants, and that there had been another regrettable death of a Mexican national in the United States.
“We cannot allow the mistreatment of our brothers, of our fellow Mexicans. The measures taken so far have not had the results we are seeking. They respond to us, but even so there is another regrettable death of a fellow Mexican in the United States (Translated from Spanish. Original: No podemos permitir el maltrato a nuestros hermanos, a los connacionales. Las medidas tomadas hasta el momento no han tenido los resultados que buscamos. Nos contestan, pero de todas maneras hay otra lamentable muerte de un connacional en Estados Unidos)”
Why we used this label
The case asks whether ICE was justified in fatally shooting Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. Sheinbaum said Mexico cannot allow the mistreatment of its nationals in the United States and called his death another regrettable death of a compatriot, after earlier measures had not brought the results Mexico wanted. In the same news conference, El Universal reported, she also said people held only for lacking immigration papers have no reason to be in detention centers or to face violence. That criticizes the treatment that led to his death rather than defending it, so we labeled it Condemned.