Overview

• Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives for talks in Mexico before continuing to Ecuador, pressing for tougher action on migration, drug cartels, fentanyl flows and Chinese influence.
• Hours ahead of Rubio’s visit, President Claudia Sheinbaum convened a national security meeting and restated that Mexico rejects intervention, territorial violations and subordination.
• Sheinbaum said the U.S.-Mexico understanding will not be a formal treaty and will instead take the form of an MOU focused on sharing intelligence gathered within each country’s own territory.
• A senior State Department official said sovereignty protections are understood by both sides without being written into a document, underscoring gaps over how cooperation will be structured.
• Mexico has tightened enforcement with National Guard deployments and extraditions, delivering 55 suspects to U.S. authorities, while tariff threats and reports of U.S. strike planning continue to strain relations.