“Sol Prendido” for Borderland Beat Amidst the tensions generated by the United States toward Mexico regarding violence and accusations leveled against Mexican politicians, President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo declared that "we are a free, independent, and sovereign country," and that its sovereignty "isn’t negotiable." What did Claudia Sheinbaum state regarding Mexico's sovereignty? During the ceremony marking the 106th Anniversary of the Column of Legality—held at the Heroic Military College—the President invoked the legacy of Venustiano Carranza to underscore that, in the face of any attempted interference, Mexican foreign policy will continue to be guided by the principles of the self-determination of peoples and non-intervention. "Mexico stated it clearly then (with the Carranza Doctrine), and we state it today: it is a free, independent, and sovereign country," affirmed the head of the federal executive branch, accompanied by General Ricardo Trevilla Trejo, head of the Secretariat of National Defense, and Admiral Raymundo Pedro Morales Ángeles, head of the Secretariat of the Navy.