Overview
- The president said there are no U.S. military flights or operations on Mexican soil, responding to FAA cautions about activity over the Pacific and Gulf of California.
- She confirmed U.S. proposals to send CIA or military personnel to assist in anti-cartel operations and said Mexico has repeatedly refused any foreign operational presence.
- Mexico maintains that all ground actions are carried out by Mexican forces, with cooperation focused on intelligence sharing and, when requested, surveillance equipment.
- Washington has deemed Mexico’s progress on border security unacceptable and is pressing for concrete, verifiable results against fentanyl trafficking and cartel networks.
- Pointing to joint efforts, Sheinbaum cited a roughly 50% drop in U.S. border fentanyl seizures near Mexico and a near 40% decline in homicides, and she urged the U.S. to curb illegal gun flows that DOJ data trace largely to the United States; ministers plan a security meeting in Washington in February.