U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Mexico next week to meet with the country’s president.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said she and Rubio will come to an agreement on security during their meeting on Sept. 3.
“Everything will be in the framework of respect for our sovereignty,” Sheinbaum told reporters Friday.
The State Department says Rubio will work toward the Trump administration goal of dismantling drug cartels — as well as economic priorities — during the visit.
Rubio has already traveled to other Latin American countries this year. His first trip in his post was to Panama, El Salvador, Guatemala and the Dominican Republic.
Mexico is under pressure to come to an agreement with the United States ahead of an upcoming tariff deadline, when the Trump administration has said it will put a 30% tax on all Mexican goods.
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In Sonora, mothers comb through the desert to try to find the remains of their missing children, even as Mexican officials say the number of homicides across the country is in decline. -
Some communities remained difficult to access after flooding from Tropical Storm Polo. -
The Arizona Game and Fish Department warns that Arizona is at risk of the flesh-eating parasite after recent cases in New Mexico and northern Mexico. -
The new sanctions target more than 40 entities and individuals who the U.S. Treasury Department says are aligned with the Mayiza faction of the Sinaloa cartel. -
Tropical Storm Polo left coastal areas in Sonora flooded Tuesday, but left other parts of the state with little rainfall as it began to dissipate.
