Son of Mexico's Ex-President Loses US Visa, Appeals to Trump
The son of Mexico's former president says the US revoked his visa; he appealed to Trump, and President Sheinbaum criticized the decision as political.
Andrés Manuel López Beltrán, son of former Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has publicly appealed to US President Donald Trump after his visa to enter the United States was revoked. In a letter posted on Instagram on Thursday, López Beltrán said Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Under Secretary Christopher Landau ordered the withdrawal of his permission to enter the country, asserting that there is no evidence against him of any immoral or criminal act.
The US government has not disclosed the reason for the revocation, and the type of visa involved remains unclear. A US Embassy spokesperson in Mexico, speaking on condition of anonymity, said visa records are confidential under US law and declined to comment on the individual case.
The development comes less than four months after US federal prosecutors in New York brought charges against 10 current and former Mexican officials, including Sinaloa Governor Rubén Rocha Moya of the ruling Morena party, over alleged links to drug trafficking.
At her morning press conference on Friday, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum responded to the visa revocation, calling it "essentially political in nature." She urged the United States to provide evidence of any allegations against Mexican politicians but stressed that the issue would not lead to a conflict with Washington. "All we ask for is respect," she said.
López Beltrán, known as Andy, was a close aide to his father before the elder López Obrador's 2018 presidential victory. Local media reported that he managed his father's private schedule and oversaw Morena's activities in Mexico City and the neighboring State of Mexico. During most of his father's presidency (2018–2024), he stayed out of party politics, focusing on a chocolate business. In September 2024, weeks before his father left office, he was elected Morena's secretary of organization.