New Mexico-US security program is ‘good for the country,’ Sheinbaum says: Thursday’s mañanera recapped

A caller information practice programme announced by the Mexican and U.S. governments connected Wednesday was a cardinal absorption of President Claudia Sheinbaum’s Thursday greeting property conference.

Sheinbaum responded to respective questions astir the initiative, which was announced aft the president met with United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio astatine the National Palace successful Mexico City connected Wednesday morning.

The caller Mexico-US information programme is ‘good for the country,’ says Sheinbaum

Sheinbaum said that the “cooperation programme connected borderline information and instrumentality enforcement” that was announced connected Wednesday entails collaboration and practice betwixt Mexico and the United States “in assorted areas,” including quality and training.

She said that Mexico and the United States volition stock accusation with each different to assistance authorities combat transgression threats successful their respective countries.

Mexican and U.S. authorities already stock intelligence, but determination present appears to beryllium a associated committedness to ramp up that cooperation.

It besides appears that much associated grooming exercises volition instrumentality place.

Sheinbaum and Rubio denote constitution of caller bilateral information group

Sheinbaum indicated that Mexican subject unit volition question to the United States to acquisition grooming offered by the U.S. equipped offices and suggested that U.S. unit could travel to Mexico to person earthy catastrophe effect grooming from the Mexican Army and Navy.

Rubio said connected Wednesday that “joint training” is an important portion of bilateral information practice and that Mexico and the U.S. program to “amplify” that facet of their information relationship.

Sheinbaum said that the gathering with Rubio was “very cordial” and contended that the effect of it — a caller information programme that includes the constitution of a “high-level implementation radical to conscionable regularly and travel up connected communal commitments” — is “good for the country.”

Sheinbaum spoke astir a information agreement, but a ‘program’ was announced. What happened?

A newsman told the president that determination was an anticipation that determination was going to beryllium a “signed agreement” betwixt Mexico and the United States, perchance with “more commitments” and a broader scope than what was announced connected Wednesday.

“Did thing change?” the newsman asked.

“There is simply a program,” reiterated Sheinbaum, who successful caller weeks spoke astir a caller bilateral information statement that she expected to beryllium signed soon, earlier modifying her connection past week to speech astir a information “understanding.”

Sheinbaum fielded questions astir the shifting terminology astir the caller information program. (Presidencia)

She acknowledged that she had spoken astir an agreement, but told reporters that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs explained to her that “bilateral agreements that are signed person different characteristic,” 1 that includes “other diplomatic and overseas argumentation procedures.”

“… Perhaps I expressed myself poorly, … but the enactment programme that was agreed yesterday was ever connected the table,” Sheinbaum said.

Sheinbaum: Rubio didn’t inquire for much US agents to beryllium allowed into Mexico

A newsman asked the president whether Rubio had requested that much U.S. agents beryllium allowed to travel into Mexico to articulation the combat against Mexican cause cartels.

“No, no, it wasn’t an issue,” Sheinbaum responded.

“They cognize that we person a protocol to o.k. agents from the antithetic [U.S.] agencies. … We person a constitution that addresses that and the National Security Law. So, it wasn’t an contented successful the talks,” she said.

In 2020, Mexico’s Congress approved authorities that regulates the activities of overseas agents successful Mexico, removes their diplomatic immunity and allows for their expulsion from the country.

The authorities was seen arsenic being aimed chiefly astatine United States Drug Enforcement Administration and Federal Bureau of Investigation agents, who person agelong operated successful Mexico.

Mexico not readying to nonstop further troops to the borderline region

Sheinbaum said that an further deployment of Mexican troops to the bluish borderline portion is not portion of the caller Mexico-U.S. information program.

She said an further deployment is not presently “necessary,” and stressed that the United States hasn’t asked for much troops to beryllium sent to the bluish borderline region.

The caller information commitments bash not impact unit deployments, a measurement President Sheinbaum described arsenic not presently necessary. (Presidencia)

The national authorities deployed 10,000 National Guard troops to the borderline portion successful February arsenic portion of an statement Sheinbaum reached with United States President Donald Trump that resulted successful a one-month “pause” connected a 25% tariff the U.S. authorities planned to enforce connected imports from Mexico.

The tariff took effect successful March, contempt the National Guard deployment, but USMCA-compliant goods were promptly exempted from the duty.

Which Mexican officials officials volition enactment successful the Mexico-U.S ‘high-level implementation group’?

In a associated connection issued connected Wednesday, the Mexican and U.S. authorities said they had “established a high-level implementation radical to conscionable regularly and travel up connected communal commitments and actions taken wrong their ain countries, including measures to”:

• “Counter the cartels
• Strengthen borderline information and destruct clandestine borderline tunnels
• Address illicit fiscal flows
• Enhance collaboration to forestall substance theft
• Increase inspections, investigations, and prosecutions to halt the travel of drugs and arms.”

On Thursday, Sheinbaum said that 5 Mexican officials (or their proxies) volition correspond Mexico successful the group:

• Security Minister Omar García Harfuch.
• Defense Minister Ricardo Trevilla Trejo.
• Navy Minister Raymundo Pedro Morales.
• Foreign Affairs Minister Juan Ramón de la Fuente.
• Attorney General Alejandro Gertz Manero.

Sheinbaum: US committedness to combat arms trafficking to Mexico is ‘very important’

Marco Rubio connected Wednesday declared that the U.S. authorities volition “stop the travel of armaments” to Mexico and different Western Hemisphere countries.

On Thursday, Sheinbaum said she wasn’t alert if immoderate different U.S. official, portion successful Mexico, had publically acknowledged “the importance” of the U.S. authorities taking enactment to stem the travel of firearms to Mexico, wherever cartel members and different criminals commonly usage illegally imported weapons to perpetrate crimes including murder.

“So it’s precise important,” she said.

Sheinbaum takes purpose astatine PRI leader 

After telling reporters that nary plans are presently successful the works for her to conscionable Trump look to face, Sheinbaum noted that Senator Alejandro Moreno, nationalist president of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and the instigator of a legislature brawl past week, was successful Washington.

PRI main physically attacks Morena’s Senate person connected the rostrum

On societal media connected Wednesday, Moreno said that helium had participated successful “very productive meetings” successful the capital, and declared that helium and the PRI would “never allow” a “terrorist and communist narco-dictatorship” to beryllium installed successful Mexico.

He and immoderate different absorption politicians claims that Sheinbaum and the ruling Morena enactment are successful cahoots with organized transgression successful Mexico.

Sheinbaum said that Moreno was making a fool of himself by traveling to Washington and claiming that her authorities is successful furniture with “los narcos.”

“And present Marco Rubio, the caput of state, [was] congratulating america for the enactment we are doing connected organized transgression and [speaking about] the bully practice determination is,” she said.

Rubio said Wednesday that “the existent information practice betwixt the United States and Mexico is the “closest … we person ever had, possibly with immoderate country.”

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