Overview
- The State Department said Secretary Marco Rubio and Foreign Secretary Juan Ramón de la Fuente discussed stronger cooperation to dismantle violent cartel networks and curb fentanyl and weapons trafficking.
- According to the department, Rubio reaffirmed a U.S. commitment to stopping narcoterrorism and pressed for tangible results to protect the homeland and the hemisphere.
- The call followed President Donald Trump’s assertion that cartels are running Mexico and his pledge that the United States would “hit land” to confront their operations.
- Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said intervention on Mexican territory would breach sovereignty and lacks public support in Mexico.
- Sheinbaum said she instructed de la Fuente to contact Rubio directly and, if necessary, speak with Trump to strengthen coordination against narcotrafficking.