Overview

• Secretary of State Marco Rubio is traveling to Mexico and Ecuador to press cooperation on curbing migration, dismantling cartels and fentanyl flows, and countering Chinese influence.
• President Claudia Sheinbaum says Mexico will collaborate on security “without subordination” and rejects any foreign intervention or violations of territorial integrity.
• Sheinbaum clarified the pending arrangement would be an understanding to exchange intelligence gathered in each country’s territory unless commonly agreed otherwise.
• Mexico has stepped up enforcement under U.S. pressure, deploying the National Guard to the northern border and delivering 55 suspected cartel figures to U.S. authorities.
• As Rubio departed, the U.S. announced a lethal strike on a drug-carrying vessel that left Venezuela, underscoring a broader regional push even as reports of potential U.S. strikes in Mexico stoke sensitivities.