Overview

• Security cabinets from both countries created specialized teams to prevent huachicol and to coordinate on transborder illicit-finance disruption with civil asset forfeiture cooperation.
• Officials reported progress on sharing cargo-manifest information between customs authorities to detect suspicious fuel and goods movements.
• A binational plan to expand joint training for security personnel was outlined to strengthen investigations and operational coordination.
• Authorities announced Misión Cortafuegos, which increases border operations, expands use of the eTrace firearms-tracing tool, and deploys ballistic identification technology across Mexico’s 32 states.
• U.S. representatives cited more than 125 firearms-trafficking investigations since January 20 under the Sin rastro program, and the initiative follows recent Treasury sanctions against alleged CJNG operators and media reports on facilitated illicit fuel shipments.