With the government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador put an end to the Mérida initiative And it was replaced by the Bicentennial understanding whose approach was regional collaboration to create safer communities, prevent border crimes and pursue criminal networks.
In the next few days, the Sheinbaum government and Trump’s will sign an agreement that allows them to deal with criminal organizations, which, according to Yadira Gálvez, occupy a central place on the bilateral agenda because they are increasingly complex.
“Criminal organizations are not those of the 80s, moreover, they are not even those of 10 years ago, because they restructure very fast, because they diversify the markets, so that generates many more complications to want to face them as if they were monolithic structures,” says the security expert.
The keys to a new agreement
Although the relationship does not cross the best moment, experts consider that between Mexico and the United States there may be an agreement that has as Axes cooperation, trustand what is Respect limits.
Alberto Guerrero Baena, specialist and consultant in security policy and police forces, states that For Mexico it is important to set limits in the security agreement.
“The important thing in this type of security treaties with the most important commercial and strategic partner that we have, is to set limits, have equipment that does not work from an ideological perspective, design strategic axes, including a cooperation, joint and bilaterally authorized operations, not necessarily, not necessarily operations that are hidden from one government to another,” he details.
Among the aspects that it considers necessary to face crime, it stands out, that the presence of permanent force or foreign armed forces in another country is not allowed; Review every two years of the agreement, thus the creation of a Binational Intelligence Center.
This agreement could bring certain benefits to Mexico in its fight against crime and also lighten the pressure that the United States has exerted for the traffic of fentanyl and cartels.
“Mexico would perhaps have a greater technological capacity and intelligence, but without losing this part of the control of sovereignt Guerrero Baena.
José María Ramos argues that the agreement between Mexico and the United States must consider metric in the issues that concern both.
The importance of a bilateral agreement with short, medium or long -term metrics must be raised in issues that concern the United States such as the decrease in fentanyl and the decrease in migration. ”
José María Ramos, professor at the Northern Border College.
In the case of Mexico The crucial issue is arms trafficking, which is linked to 70% of the malicious homicides that occur.
