Overview

• President Claudia Sheinbaum reiterated Mexico’s call for increased U.S. enforcement of arms-trafficking controls and money-laundering prosecutions.
• U.S. Justice Department data show over 70% of weapons used in Mexico enter illegally from the United States, with 11 trafficking routes led by Texas accounting for 43% of the flow.
• Under June’s binational accords, Mexico has established a specialized investigative unit within its security secretariat and deployed the eTrace platform for weapon tracing.
• Binational partners pledged to expand ballistic intelligence sharing, analyze emerging threats such as armed drones and set up a data-exploitation lab for seized materials.
• After the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed Mexico’s suit against manufacturers, Mexico pressed ahead with litigation against retailers in Arizona as Foreign Minister Juan Ramón de la Fuente highlighted the human cost of cross-border violence.