Sheinbaum highlights US collaboration against arms trafficking towards Mexico

Alonso Urrutia and Arturo Sánchez

La Jornada newspaper
Thursday, August 7, 2025, p. 9

The recent arrest in the United States linked to arms trafficking towards Mexico demonstrates that the collaboration between the two countries is working, and in national territory the transfer of drugs to the northern neighbor is fought, there They are paying attention For the illegal sale of weapons to our country, President Claudia Sheinbaum considered.

He added that his administration will persist that the US government reinforces actions Even more, but it is a good indicator that has stopped people for arms trafficking. I don’t know what so many history there are this.

He commented that in telephone conversations with representatives of the US government or with contacts at the embassy in Mexico, it is proposed that Just as we work to prevent the drug from reaching the United States, in the same way we want them to act to prevent illegal arms trafficking. This detention speaks that they are paying attention to that.

On the other hand, he confirmed that his administration was aware of the agreement between the United States and the government of Sonora, because “there are also pacts in the entities. For example, Baja California has one with CBP (customs and border protection, for its acronym in English); Sonora Mantien also agreements that help to have information that allows to operate in each of the states, but it is nothing out of the ordinary or what we have been working on.

“When it comes to border states, obviously, if, for example, there is a criminal who passes the border on the other side, there must be information.

Just having customs necessarily requires coordination, collaborationhe said.

In another order, he said that Mexico maintains its condemnation of operations against migrants in the United States because they are not criminals; On the contrary, those who migrate contribute to the strength of the economy of that country.

Those who arrive in the territory of the neighboring country, he said, do it out of necessity, so if someone incurs crime, it must be processed, but it is not a generalized situation.