Overview

• U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Mexico City for his first official visit, meeting President Claudia Sheinbaum after a Caribbean strike that Washington says killed 11 “narcoterrorists” on a boat that departed Venezuela.
• Washington has deployed seven warships to the Caribbean as it escalates operations against cartels, following a decree authorizing U.S. military use against drug trafficking groups.
• The State Department says Rubio will seek rapid, decisive actions in Mexico and then Ecuador to dismantle cartels, stop fentanyl trafficking, end illegal immigration, and counter malign Chinese influence.
• Sheinbaum said any U.S. military action inside Mexico is a red line, called for cooperation between equals, and rejected President Donald Trump’s claim that cartels control the country.
• Mexico has increased migration enforcement and approved extraditions under tariff pressure, pursued litigation against U.S. gun manufacturers, and taken steps to limit Chinese imports.