Overview
- After President Donald Trump warned that the U.S. could send forces into Mexico to fight cartels, President Claudia Sheinbaum said Mexico is acting and rejected any intervention.
- She highlighted results that her government credits to its strategy, including a near 50% drop in intentional homicides, about 2,500 drug labs disabled, and arrests tied to organized crime.
- She said the flow of fentanyl to the United States has fallen and pressed Washington to recognize a serious drug-use problem at home.
- Pointing to the U.S. National Drug Control Strategy that treats substance use as a health issue, she urged U.S. action to stop guns trafficked from the United States into Mexico.
- She set cooperation terms that include respect for Mexico’s territory, shared responsibility, mutual trust, and no subordination, and she asked the U.S. to provide evidence for accusations against Mexican officials.