The Mexican president on Thursday rejected a request from Ukraine’s government to arrest Vladimir Putin if the Russian leader defies an international arrest warrant and attends the inauguration of Mexico’s next president in October. “We can’t do that,” President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador told reporters at a regular government press conference. “It’s not up to us.” Ukraine asked Mexico to arrest Putin if he attends the Oct. 1 swearing-in ceremony of President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum. The request, in a statement from Ukraine’s Mexican embassy dated Aug. 7, pointed to an arrest warrant issued by the U.N.'s International Criminal Court (ICC).

  • Lemminary
    25•1 month ago

    Told ya’ll, zero chance we’d do it. Doesn’t matter what international agreement we signed, it’s not worth the risk. Sorry for signing that and not following through but asking us to arrest a head of state of a major superpower is too much.

      • Lemminary
        5•1 month ago

        We try to stay neutral with all countries and AMLO has taken it to heart. We know he’s not coming but the government is still doing it to be polite, avoid confrontation, and secure future relations, afaik. It’s putting ourselves first. But honestly, he shouldn’t have been invited in the first place. Fuck Putin. I hope Sheinbaum takes a more decisive stance and does the right thing but who knows.

    • @OlinOfTheHillPeople
      10•1 month ago

      I don’t think anyone’s surprised. I do wonder though, if Putin has the guts to show up even with this assurance.

      • Buelldozer
        5•1 month ago

        …if Putin has the guts to show up even with this assurance.

        Not a chance. Someone(s) could easily make one, or all, of the Cartels an offer they couldn’t refuse to either make him disappear or make him disappear from Mexico and magically reappear at The Hague.

      • Lemminary
        2•1 month ago

        That’s what I thought! And yet there were surprises to be had in some other comments section arguing that because Mexico signed an extradition agreement, we’d be forced to follow through somehow.

    • @RestrictedAccount
      1•1 month ago

      Probably something to do with Leon Trotsky

      In Mexico City:

      On 20 August 1940, Trotsky was attacked in his study by Spanish-born NKVD agent Ramón Mercader, who used an ice axe as a weapon. The operation was known within the NKVD as “Operation Utka” (Operation Duck).

      • @[email protected]
        2•1 month ago

        Damn - my mind was going with an elaborate axe forged from ice – before it finally realized we might have meant climbing equipment.

    • @[email protected]
      -3•1 month ago

      Did you seriously just call a third world gas station a super power? Just because they claim to have Soviet nukes that still work doesn’t make them relevant.

      • Lemminary
        0•1 month ago

        Uhh… yes? I can’t find a single source that doesn’t list Russia as one of the top 5 most powerful countries.

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