Overview

• Following a Monday DEA rollout of Project Portero targeting cross‑border trafficking gatekeepers, President Claudia Sheinbaum said Tuesday that no agreement with the agency exists.
• Sheinbaum stated the only current joint activity is a workshop in Texas attended by four members of Mexico’s police force.
• The DEA said that workshop brought Mexican investigators to one of its intelligence centers to train with U.S. prosecutors, law enforcement, defense officials and intelligence personnel.
• DEA administrator Terry Cole said the initiative shows the United States planning and operating side by side with Mexican partners.
• Mexico says talks on a broader security agreement are practically complete and rest on sovereignty, mutual trust, territorial respect and coordination without subordination.