Mexico presented new results this week in its operation to curb the country’s drug smuggling operations.
The country’s military says it has confiscated thousands of fentanyl pills and arrested more than two thousand people this year, in an effort to crack down on cartels near the U.S.-Mexico border.
The arrests and confiscations are part of Mexico’s “Operation Northern Border,” an undertaking focused largely on illegal activity in the country’s north.
The operation started in early February, shortly after President Donald Trump took office in the U.S. and threatened Mexico with a 25% tariff on all goods.
Since then, Mexico has sought to show results in its fight against cartels. In Sonora, south of Arizona, the military most recently touted the April 9 arrest of six people suspected of organized crime.
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The 60-day action plan aims to get the two countries to develop new trade policies for critical minerals, as the United States seeks to reduce its reliance on China. -
The United States has ordered tariffs on countries that continue to ship oil to the island. Mexico has described the shipments as a humanitarian measure. -
The two countries have agreed on a plan that they say will facilitate overdue water deliveries from Mexico to the United States. -
The governor of the Mexican state says Mexico’s president has approved funds for a project in the Sonoran border town. -
On a two-day tour of the state, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum inaugurated a highway and announced construction would soon begin on a port project on the Gulf of California.
