Overview

• Officials installed the Mexico–U.S. Security Implementation Group at an inaugural meeting in McAllen, Texas, to steer the rollout.
• Washington unveiled Mission Firewall and committed to strengthen operations on its territory to block firearms headed into Mexico, according to Mexican and U.S. statements.
• The plan introduces coordinated inspections, real-time information exchange, expanded joint investigations, and a secure platform to flag suspicious air parcels and cargo.
• Mexico will extend eTrace and ballistic identification technology across all 32 states to bolster weapon tracing and case building.
• Capacity building and financial targeting are in motion, including recent CBP weapons-interdiction training for ANAM and a new bilateral group focused on illicit finance and fuel theft.