Discard Sheinbaum to ask for presence of the DEA

Alma E. Muñoz and Arturo Sánchez

La Jornada newspaper
Friday, February 7, 2025, p. 7

To express question, President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo said yesterday that she will not allow greater participation of the United States Anti -Drug Agency (DEA) in Mexico, and that in the call that he held with Donald Trump on Monday, the issue did not consider.

No. Imagine that I would have asked for more presence of the DEA in our country. We talk about coordinationhe stopped in the morning of the National Palace.

He said that the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE), Juan Ramón de la Fuente, informed him that with Marco Rubio, Secretary of State for the United States, he had a conversation To see how these coordination groups will be.

–In the dialogue with President Donald Trump, was there any request on his part for the greater participation of the DEA in investigations and presence in the country? If it was not so and requested it in the future, would you approve it? – They asked the president.

-No. Collaboration, coordination with the entire United States government, that is what we are asking. There they have different agencies, but what we ask for is coordination, collaboration. Imagine that I would have asked for more presence of the DEA in our country.

No no; What we talked about was coordination, and the result was really very good, because Dr. de la Fuente already spoke with the Secretary of the State Department, Marco Rubio.

Hence The Dr. de la Fuente informed me (it was) to see how these coordination groups will be. Then, there will be good coordination and good collaboration, always in the context of our sovereignty and respect for our countries.