The Trump administration has revoked the visas of more than 50 Mexican officials and politicians for alleged connections to various cartels. More officials are likely to lose their visas as the administration looks to both cut off the cartels and increase pressure on the Mexican government to take a harder line against the criminal elements within the country.

'This situation occurs in a complex binational context.'

In a statement to Reuters , a senior U.S. State Department official said that visas held by foreign officials can be revoked "at any time" if the official is engaging in "activities that run contrary to America's national interest."

Mexico is not the first Latin American country to have officials lose their U.S. visas. According to the Guardian , more than 20 judges in B

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