Mexico’s president responded to U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order designating drug cartels in Latin America as terrorist organizations, saying the designation won’t help stop the crime and violence waged by the cartels in her country.
President Claudia Sheinbaum said what would help is collaboration and coordination between the United States and Mexico, rather than a unilateral designation.
The move is part of Trump’s effort to crack down on the flow of fentanyl and other drugs that pass through the hands of cartels in Mexico and Central America. The designation puts several of those cartels on the same level as violent organizations in other parts of the world, including Al-Qaeda and Boko Haram.
Designating an entity a foreign terrorist organization comes with broad financial implications that experts say could have an impact on trade between the two countries.
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The visit comes ahead of a mandated six-year review of the trade pact between the United States, Mexico and Canada this summer. -
Mexico’s economy minister said representatives from the firm Foxconn will visit Hermosillo this month. -
The sanctions on casinos in the border state of Tamaulipas come after sanctions on some Sonoran casinos last year. -
Mexico is calling for thorough investigations into the deaths of 15 Mexican nationals in ICE detention or during immigration enforcement action since the start of President Donald Trump’s term. -
The attending physician at the private clinic in Hermosillo that administered the IVs that allegedly led to eight deaths is still at large.
