Overview

• Both governments initiated joint border inspections, expanded investigations and real-time intelligence exchange to cut the southbound flow of firearms that arm cartels.
• Mexico will deploy ATF eTrace and ballistic-imaging technology across all 32 states to trace crime guns and bolster prosecutions.
• The United States will create a secure platform to share data on suspicious shipments to detect guns, drugs, chemical precursors and illicit fuels.
• The Foreign Ministry inaugurated the Mexico–U.S. Security Implementation Group to coordinate operations and track follow-through under the program.
• PAN senator Marko Cortés welcomed the mission but urged periodic evaluations, while U.S. authorities reported more than 125 gun-trafficking probes since President Trump took office.