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MEXICO CITY — <\/span>MEXICO CITY (AP) \u2014 Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum<\/a> quelled concerns on Monday about two recent movements of the U.S. military in the vicinity of Mexico that have the country on edge since the attack on Venezuela<\/a>.<\/p>\n On Friday, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration urged U.S. aircraft operators<\/a> to \u201cexercise caution\u201d when flying over the eastern Pacific Ocean near Mexico, Central America and parts of South America, citing \u201cmilitary activities.\u201d<\/p>\n The president said her administration waited a couple hours until the U.S. government provided \u201cwritten\u201d assurance that there would not be any U.S. military flights over Mexican territory. She said the U.S. government had not given Mexico a heads up about any military operations.<\/p>\n The U.S. government provided precise coordinates for where it was operating and Mexican authorities issued a statement saying the FAA advisory had no implications for Mexico.<\/p>\n Then, images of a U.S. military transport airplane on the tarmac at Toluca\u2019s airport about 39 miles (63 kilometers) west of Mexico City began circulating on social media.<\/p>\n Sen. Clemente Casta\u00f1eda, of the opposition Citizen Movement party, posted on social platform X asking for an explanation from the government, because Mexico\u2019s senate is supposed to approve sending Mexican troops abroad or allowing foreign troops into Mexico.<\/p>\n Sheinbaum described it as a \u201clogistical\u201d operation that did not require senate approval.<\/p>\n \u201cThe United States plane landed, public servants got on that plane and they went (to the U.S.) for training,\u201d Sheinbaum said. \u201cWho authorized this? The Secretary of Defense.\u201d<\/p>\n Her security cabinet had posted on X Sunday night that such training operations \u201coccur in conformity with established protocols and in adherence to the bilateral collaboration agreements.\u201d<\/p>\n Both events highlighted the sensitivity created by not only the Trump administration\u2019s unilateral action to capture Venezuela’s then-President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro<\/a> earlier this month, but the subsequent renewal of offers and threats to take direct military action<\/a> against the drug cartels in Mexico.<\/p>\n