Overview

• Officials said the program introduces joint inspections at the border, real-time information exchange and broader investigations targeting gun pipelines to cartels.
• The United States will increase southbound checks, while Mexico commits to more cross-border investigations and prosecutions.
• A new secure platform will share firearms tracing plus alerts on suspicious air shipments and packages tied to weapons, drugs, chemical precursors and illicit fuel.
• President Claudia Sheinbaum called the pact a shift toward stopping U.S.-sourced weapons, noting a U.S. pledge to conduct operations on its own soil.
• CBP reports more than 1,100 pistols and rifles seized heading to Mexico in 2023 and fewer than 600 so far this year; the launch followed a Sept. 26 meeting in McAllen, Texas.