Breaking news! Mexico ready for war against America, as 500,000 march in support of Mexican sovereignty/military intervention

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Ricardo Valdez Ponce left his house late Friday night in his hometown of Matamoros, Tamaulipas to board a bus for the 15-hour journey to Mexico City in order to take part, the next day, in the mass demonstration called by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, known widely as “AMLO,” in defense of Mexican national sovereignty.

“I do it with great pleasure because we’ve never had a president like the one we have now. I am very proud and motivated to be here accompanying our president,” said Valdez.

Valdez was one of an estimated 500,000 people who heeded López Obrador’s call to fill the Zócalo, the giant square at the heart of the Mexican capital, to defend Mexican national sovereignty in the face of recent attacks.

March 18, 2023, was the 85th anniversary of the 1938 decree by President Lázaro Cárdenas ordering the expropriation of Mexico’s oil industry. López Obrador called on his supporters to demonstrate on that day to mark the occasion but also to convey public support for his government and policies inside Mexico and to United States politicians and pundits who have ramped up their attacks against his government.

The Mexican government has recently been subject to criticisms from U.S. politicians that it is not doing enough to combat organized crime groups and their drug trafficking efforts.

With a U.S. presidential election just around the corner, Republican politicians in particular are seeking to use Mexico and the Mexican population as a scapegoat in order to shore up their base, as was similarly done ahead of the 2016 election.

Their efforts appear to be working, as 60 percent of Republicans believe that fentanyl is primarily being smuggled by “unauthorized migrants” across the U.S.-Mexico border. In reality, it is brought into the country overwhelmingly by U.S. citizens.

Can Mexico claim sovereignty while they continue to allow their testicles to be nailed to a tree by the cartels?