Son of former Mexican president says US revoked his visa

Andres Manuel Lopez Beltran, a son of former Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, said the United States has revoked his visa, accusing ​Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Deputy Secretary Christopher Landau of ‌ordering what he called a politically motivated decision.

Lopez Beltran, widely known as "Andy," made the claim in a letter to U.S. President Donald Trump that was released late Thursday. He said U.S. ​authorities had provided no evidence linking him to any crime or wrongdoing.

The ​39-year-old politician recently stepped down from leadership in the ruling Morena ⁠party, which his father founded. In his letter, he called the visa revocation "a ​crude and perverse act" by U.S. officials and hardliners whom he said target ​foreign politicians by labeling them "communists," "threats to U.S. security," or "narco-terrorists."

The U.S. embassy in Mexico did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Lopez Beltran left his party role as he prepares to seek ​a seat in Mexico's lower house of Congress in the 2027 midterm elections, ​likely representing a district in his home state of Tabasco. He said he hoped Trump ‌would respond ⁠to the concerns raised in his letter.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Friday that U.S. visa revocations aimed at what Washington calls "politically exposed persons" were "essentially political" because they were not applied equally across countries.

In the letter, Lopez Beltran also said ​he did not mind ​avoiding travel to ⁠the United States, which he described as going through a period of hatred, racism and drug addiction.

He also referred to ​an open letter published by his father in June, in which ​the former ⁠president accused Washington of using "interventionist and unscrupulous practices" to strengthen Mexico's right-wing opposition and weaken his leftist movement.

Reuters reported last year that the U.S. government had revoked the visas ⁠of at ​least 50 Mexican politicians and officials as part ​of the Trump administration's crackdown on drug cartels and their alleged political allies.


-Reuters