Son of former Mexican President López Obrador says US revoked his visa and appeals directly to Trump

Andrés Manuel López Beltrán, son of former Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, says the United States has revoked his visaByFABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated PressAugust 14, 2026, 12:56 PMMEXICO CITY -- Mexican politician Andrés Manuel López Beltrán, the son of former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, said the United States revoked his visa, prompting an appeal to U.S. President Donald Trump and criticism Friday from Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, who called the decision “essentially political in nature.”López Beltrán announced the visa revocation in a letter to Trump posted on Instagram on Thursday, saying U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Under Secretary Christopher Landau “ordered the withdrawal of my permission to enter the United States,” despite having “no evidence against me regarding any immoral or criminal act.”The U.S. government has not publicly disclosed the reason for the visa revocation, and it was not clear from López Beltrán's post what kind of a visa was revoked.A U.S. Embassy spokesperson in Mexico, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the case publicly, told The Associated Press on Friday that visa r...