U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio was in Mexico City on Wednesday to meet with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum.
Rubio and his Mexican counterpart told reporters after the meeting that the two countries plan to strengthen security collaboration, with “respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
“This is an important, and I believe significant, day in the relations of our two countries, as we are able to formalize this unprecedented, historic and so far highly successful security cooperation,” Rubio said.
Mexico and the United States say an “implementation group” will meet regularly on security issues, including countering cartels and stemming the flow of fentanyl across the border.
The meeting comes a day after a major military ramp up in the region. President Donald Trump announced the U.S. military made a deadly strike on a boat from Venezuela allegedly carrying drugs.
Mexico is also under pressure to work with the United States to ward off Trump's threat to ramp up tariffs on good from the country.
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The nearly week-long security alert restricted the movement of U.S. government employees to daylight hours due to “threat information.” -
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