Sheinbaum imposes his seal between AMLO’s shadow and Trump’s pressures

Migrants and fentanyl

To meet the demands of the United States, Mexico had to display security elements on the border and start a more frontal strategy to contain the migratory flow and synthetic opioid traffic.

In the first months of the Trump government, thanks to the hardening of the measures on both sides of the border, The flow of irregular migrants was minimized.

According to the US Customs and Protection Office (CBP), in August the arrest of 9,740 migrants On the border with Mexico. Far away was the figure of December 2024 (the last full month of the government of Joe Biden), when they added 96,037 arrests of migrants.

According to both governments, Fentanyl traffic It also decreased. Of the 899 kilos seized in October 2024, he went to 307 kilos last August.

With Sheinbaum, Mexico also returned to the international stage. In her first year, the president made three trips abroad: to the G20 summit in Brazil, to the G-7 in Canada already Guatemala.

Security and fighting corruption

One of the most notable turns regarding the López Obrador government It is in the security strategy And especially in more frontal combat to the cartels, now considered terrorists by the United States And with what was practically behind the policy of “hugs and no bullets”.

In this matter the strong man is Omar García Harfuch, who heads the security cabinet, together with the headlines of the Army, the Navy and the Attorney General’s Office.

Although the National Guard is no longer under his position – which is already attached to the Armed Forces – the Ministry of Citizen Security and Protection that he heads, was very strengthened with various constitutional reforms that were approved in Congress, with which intelligence and investigation are reinforced.

In security, the government of President Sheinbaum has arrested 32,424 alleged criminals but has also collaborated with the United States.

In February they were sent to 29 high profile criminals and in August to another 26 that were claimed by American justice. Among them are Rafael Caro Quintero, Abigael González Valencia, leader of “Los Cuinis”, Servando Gómez “La Tuta” and Miguel and Omar Treviño Morales, former Los Zetas.

Among the challenges that Sheinbaum faced in his first year, highlights the crisis of violence in some states and the “internal war” that Sinaloa is going through the dispute between “Chapitos” and “Mayitos”.

With your security strategy, The former Government Chief of the CDMX achieved a statistical reduction in homicide.

However, experts like Armando VargasSecurity Coordinator in the Mexico Organization Evalua, warn that there may be a crime reclassification.

Huachicol fight is also a priority for the government of President Sheinbaum. According to official figures, in just eight months of government, the current administration seized almost 70 million liters of hydrocarbons of illegal origin, a volume that contrasts with the 46 million insured throughout López Obrador’s six -year term.

But in recent weeks the “fiscal huachicol” has been in the center of the debate after a network that involves businessmen, criminals, customs officials and members of the Secretariat of the Navy.

On Sunday, September 7, the Secretary of Security reported on the arrest of 14 presumed involved with a network dedicated to the import and illicit sale of hydrocarbons evading taxes, including Manuel Roberto Farías Laguna, Vice Admiral of the Navy and political nephew of Rafael Ojeda, formerly from Semar in the López Obrador government.

“Today the security policy responds to the tariff pressures of President Donald Trump, which has made security the main argument through the deployment of federal forces and a frontal combat to organized crime that is observed in a significant number of arrests, of seizures of weapons and drugs and also deportations,” explains Vargas.

These results are not only highlighted by the Sheinbaum government, they are also recognized by the Donald Trump administration.