Overview

• Joint inspections, expanded investigations, real-time intelligence sharing and a nationwide rollout of eTrace and ballistic imaging in Mexico are the core measures.
• The United States will create a secure platform to flag suspicious shipments for interdiction of firearms, drugs, chemical precursors and illicit fuels.
• Mexico’s Foreign Ministry launched a binational implementation group to coordinate and track the cross-border operations.
• President Claudia Sheinbaum hailed the pact as a breakthrough consistent with Mexico’s sovereignty, while opposition senator Marko Cortés backed it but called for sustained, results-focused execution.
• Security experts characterize the plan as a continuation of past cooperation with unresolved funding and timelines, as U.S. authorities cite 125 gun‑trafficking investigations initiated since Trump took office.