Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Saturday that she rejected President Trump's offer to send U.S. troops to the country to fight against drug trafficking.

In remarks to a university in Mexico, Sheinbaum responded to a Friday report from the Wall Street Journal about the two countries' relationship amid the Trump administration's efforts to crack down on illegal immigration and the flow of fentanyl coming from the southern border.

The piece stated that Trump suggested the U.S. send troops to Mexico, which Sheinbaum confirmed on Saturday.

“And do you know what I told him? No, President Trump,” she said Saturday in Spanish. "The territory cannot be violated. Sovereignty cannot be sold. Sovereignty is cherished and........

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