Officials have accused the United States of foreign interference and called on Washington to support the country's democracy instead of fomenting division.
Sleek social media posts and a shift rightward on immigration helped a center-left party win last week's election. But can its leader, Mr. Jetten, form a government?
President Trump has yet to make a decision, but his advisers are pressing a range of objectives -- from attacking drug cartels to seizing oil fields -- to try to justify ousting Nicolás Maduro.
The murder of Mexico's most vocal anti-crime mayor shows that, despite President Claudia Sheinbaum's crackdown on drug cartels, the battle is just beginning.