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Sheinbaum faces pressure from the U.S. government, which has threatened to take unilateral military action in Mexico to fight cartels.

Manzo, 40, gained notoriety as an outspoken proponent of taking a hard-line against the cartels that have overrun many regions of Mexico.

He asked residents to stay home and asked the army and other Mexican security forces for help in dealing with the cartel threat.

López Obrador, especially, vowed to break with the confrontational approaches of past Mexican administrations, whose military operations he said failed to weaken cartels and only fueled violence.

The cartel made no mention of the fresh sanctions in its statement Sunday, and reiterated its assessment of a “steady global economic outlook and current healthy market fundamentals.”