Overview

• U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio landed at the Felipe Ángeles airport and will meet President Claudia Sheinbaum on Wednesday morning at Palacio Nacional.
• The talks aim to formalize an understanding on security cooperation covering fentanyl interdiction, migration control and trade-related issues.
• Sheinbaum says any collaboration will occur with each country operating in its own territory and rejects the presence of U.S. troops in Mexico.
• An unnamed senior State Department official suggested sovereignty safeguards are understood by both sides without requiring a formal text.
• Mexico has stepped up cooperation in recent months, deploying the National Guard to the border and transferring 55 cartel suspects to U.S. custody.