Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is set to visit Mexico this week on a multi-country trip that started Wednesday.
Noem will also make stops in El Salvador and Colombia. She is set to meet with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, as well as Mexico’s foreign minister.
Sheinbaum said Noem will get a briefing from Mexico’s security cabinet. Mexico looks to show the United States it has a handle on security in the face of President Donald Trump’s tariff threat. To underscore this, Sheinbaum’s administration says homicides are down since she took office.
In El Salvador, Noem is visiting a controversial mega-prison known for harsh conditions. It’s where hundreds of Venezuelan migrants recently expelled from the United States are jailed and in legal limbo.
Trump expelled some of those migrants under the 18th-century Alien Enemies Act. A federal judge blocked its use, but not before the migrants were already en route to the prison.
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Mexico’s president says her roughly 15 minute phone call with President Donald Trump Monday was a “good conversation” and described the tone as “friendly.” -
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The preliminary statistics show an average of 34 fewer homicides per day since fall 2024.
