Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Thursday that her agreement to delay tariffs with President Donald Trump does not involve allowing an increase of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration officers in Mexico.
In response to a question at her regular morning press conference about whether Trump asked to increase the DEA’s presence in Mexico, Sheinbaum said what Mexico is asking of the United States is coordination and collaboration.
Trump’s pick to lead the DEA is a former counternarcotics agent who led the U.S. Department of Justice division that was instrumental in the capture of Sinaloa cartel kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán.
During a phone call on Monday with Trump, Sheinbaum agreed to send 10,000 additional Mexican National Guard troops to the border. In exchange, the United States said it would delay tariffs on her country for at least the next month.
The first of those troops arrived at the border in recent days.
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The bipartisan group is asking the department to speed up an environmental review process for what could become a major overhaul of the busy crossing. -
The state south of Arizona is reporting the most cases of the mosquito-borne illness so far this year. -
Audiences on each side of the U.S.-Mexico border watched the same movie just feet from each other during the Film on the Fence event. -
The U.S. indictment of 10 former and current Sinaloa public officials last month was a major escalation of tension between Mexico and the United States. -
The small, electric vehicles are designed to be accessible to a domestic market in Mexico.
