Mexico will maintain legal pressure on US gunmakers and dealers, Sheinbaum says: Friday’s mañanera recapped

At her Friday greeting property conference, President Claudia Sheinbaum responded to the United States Supreme Court’s ruling connected Thursday against a Mexican authorities lawsuit, and fielded questions astir Mexico’s anti-fentanyl-trafficking efforts and her narration with U.S. President Donald Trump.

Here is simply a recap of the president’s June 6 mañanera.

Sheinbaum expresses disagreement with US Supreme Court determination connected suit against gunmakers

A newsman asked the president astir the United States Supreme Court’s determination to propulsion retired Mexico’s US $10 cardinal suit against gunmakers aft each 9 justices ruled that a 2005 law, the Protection of Lawful Commerce successful Arms Act (PLCAA), shields the defendants from prosecution.

“The statement of the Supreme Court of the United States is that they find nary nexus betwixt the manufacture of weapons and the transition of weapons from the United States to Mexico,” Sheinbaum said.

“Remember that successful January of this twelvemonth the United States Department of Justice released a papers successful which it recognizes that 75% of weapons seized successful Mexico travel illegally from the United States,” she said.

“But the [Supreme] Court says determination is nary nexus betwixt who makes [the firearms] and the weapons that travel into Mexico, thing that we don’t hold with,” Sheinbaum said.

US Supreme Court throws retired Mexican suit against gunmakers

Justice Elena Kagan said successful the Supreme Court’s written sentiment that “because Mexico’s ailment does not plausibly allege that the suspect weapon manufacturers aided and abetted weapon dealers’ unlawful income of firearms to Mexican traffickers, PLCAA bars the lawsuit.”

Sheinbaum noted that the Mexican authorities has a abstracted suit against weapon stores successful Arizona. That suit was filed successful 2022, but inactive hasn’t been resolved. In the lawsuit, the Mexican authorities accused 5 weapon stores successful Tucson, Phoenix and Yuma of engagement successful amerciable arms trafficking to Mexico, wherever the bulk of firearms utilized successful high-impact crimes specified arsenic execution travel from the United States.

Sheinbaum said that her authorities would proceed to collaborate with the lawyers moving connected that case.

She besides said that her medication would “continue moving with the authorities of the United States” connected stopping the southward travel of firearms.

“For the archetypal time,” the United States authorities has “recognized the importance” of authorities successful the U.S. taking enactment to “reduce the transition of arms from the U.S. to Mexico,” Sheinbaum said.

She noted that caller U.S. Ambassador Ron Johnson took to societal media connected Thursday to station astir U.S. efforts to combat arms trafficking to Mexico.

Under the enactment of @POTUS @realDonaldTrump, we enactment with President @ClaudiaShein and her squad to halt southbound arms trafficking and dismantle networks fueling cartel violence. Together, we marque our countries stronger and safer.

— Embajador Ronald Johnson (@USAmbMex) June 5, 2025

Johnson wrote connected X that “Under the enactment of @POTUS @realDonaldTrump, we enactment with President @ClaudiaShein and her squad to halt southbound arms trafficking and dismantle networks fueling cartel violence.”

“Together, we marque our countries stronger and safer,” helium added.

Sheinbaum said that successful talks with the United States government, “we’re going to proceed insisting … that it’s not conscionable astir not allowing the transition of drugs from Mexico to the United States, but besides astir not allowing the transition of weapons from the United States to Mexico.”

‘Are you doing capable to debar a U.S. subject intervention?’

A newsman from Australia’s nationalist broadcaster ABC asked the president whether the Mexican government, with its efforts to stem the travel of fentanyl to the United States, is doing capable “to debar a U.S. subject intervention.”

After stating that “President Trump is unpredictable and … has a past of arguable comments against women,” the newsman besides asked Sheinbaum however she handles her narration with the U.S. president.

In effect to the archetypal question, Sheinbaum said that the quantity of fentanyl seized by U.S. authorities astatine the Mexico-United States borderline has declined astir 40% since Trump began his 2nd term.

Sheinbaum said fentanyl borderline busts are down astir 40% since Trump entered bureau successful the U.S. — which she attributed to Mexico’s anti-fentanyl efforts. (CBP/Twitter)

Seizures of fentanyl astatine the borderline tin beryllium utilized arsenic a unsmooth proxy to estimation the magnitude of fentanyl being smuggled into the United States crossed the Mexico-U.S. border. A diminution successful confiscations of fentanyl astatine the borderline truthful indicates a alteration successful the quantity of the cause entering the U.S.

Sheinbaum attributed the “very significant” diminution successful fentanyl seizures astatine the borderline to her authorities making fentanyl busts connected “this broadside of the border” — including the largest bust successful Mexican past past December.

“Do we bash it to fulfill President Trump? No,” she said.

“We bash it due to the fact that we don’t privation fentanyl to scope immoderate young idiosyncratic successful the United States, nor bash we privation fentanyl to scope young radical successful Mexico oregon anyplace successful the world,” Sheinbaum said.

She besides said that “we cull the beingness of United States troops” successful Mexico “because Mexico is simply a sovereign, autarkic country.”

Sheinbaum said past period that she had rejected an connection from Trump to nonstop the U.S. Army into Mexico to combat cause cartels.

Sheinbaum answered questions astir fentanyl trafficking and her moving narration with Trump. (Presidencia)

In effect to the reporter’s 2nd question, Sheinbaum said that she handles her narration with Trump “with respect.”

“I’ve ever said Mexico indispensable beryllium respected. And erstwhile we talk by telephone, … [we speak] successful an amiable way, ever amiable, but with wide principles and seeking agreements,” she said.

“There has been designation from the United States authorities of the enactment Mexico does successful assorted areas,” Sheinbaum added.

“What bash we want? An statement that allows the commercialized pact [the USMCA] to beryllium respected,” she said, explaining that Mexico is peculiarly pushing for an exemption from the 50% U.S. tariff connected alloy and aluminum that took effect this week.

By Mexico News Daily main unit writer Peter Davies ([email protected])