Overview

• President Claudia Sheinbaum announced in Mazatlán that the United States agreed to intensify operations on its own soil to restrict firearms trafficking into Mexico.
• The Mexican foreign ministry said a Sept. 26 meeting in Texas inaugurated the Grupo de Implementación de Seguridad México–Estados Unidos under the Programa de Cooperación de Seguridad Fronteriza.
• Officials outlined priorities that include more border operations to block weapons, broader eTrace deployment, ballistic identification across all 32 Mexican states, enhanced information exchange, and more investigations and prosecutions.
• Sheinbaum underscored that collaboration with Washington will proceed without interference or any loss of Mexico’s sovereignty.
• Mexico’s foreign ministry relayed that U.S. authorities have launched more than 125 gun‑trafficking investigations since the start of the Trump administration, and CBP recently trained Mexican customs personnel on firearms interdiction at the Reynosa–McAllen crossing.