“He has agreed to stop migration through Mexico and into the United States, effectively closing our southern border,” Trump said. “It will stop the entry of people to our southern border, effective immediately. This will go a long way in stopping the illegal invasion of the United States. “Thank you!” he added.
“We also talked about what can be done to stop the massive flow of drugs to the United States and also American consumption of these drugs. It was a very productive conversation!” said the future president.
President Claudia Sheinbaum responded that Mexico’s position is not to close borders, but to build bridges between the government and between people.
”In our conversation with President Trump, I explained to him the comprehensive strategy that Mexico has followed to address the migration phenomenon, respecting human rights. Thanks to this, migrants and caravans are assisted before they arrive at the border,” the president explained.
In our conversation with President Trump, I explained to him the comprehensive strategy that Mexico has followed to address the migration phenomenon, respecting human rights. Thanks to this, migrants and caravans are assisted before they arrive at the border.…
— Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo (@Claudiashein)
November 28, 2024
Before exchanging messages on social networks, the president of Mexico said that she spoke with the president-elect of the United States, Donald Trump, about the Mexican strategy to address the migratory waves and about strengthening security cooperation in the context of combat. to fentanyl.
The call came after the turbulence caused by the Republican’s announcement on Monday that when he arrives at the White House on January 20, he will impose 25% tariffs on products from Mexico and Canada, if those countries do not stop the arrival of drugs and migrants. to the United States, a measure that would violate the North American trade agreement, USMCA.
“I had an excellent conversation with President Donald Trump. We addressed the Mexican strategy on the phenomenon of migration and I shared that caravans are not arriving at the northern border because they are attended to in Mexico,” the president stated on her X account.
In recent months, the volume of undocumented migrants arriving at the US border through Mexican territory has dropped drastically, after reaching record levels in recent years, in part due to Mexico’s containment strategy on its southern border with Guatemala.
“We also talked about strengthening collaboration on security issues within the framework of our sovereignty and the campaign we are carrying out in the country to prevent the consumption of fentanyl,” added Sheinbaum.
Fentanyl leaves tens of thousands dead every year in the United States, whose authorities have accused Mexico of not doing enough to stop illegal drug trafficking by Mexican cartels.
Invade Mexico?
Within Donald Trump’s team there is debate on how to take down the leaders of the Mexican cartels, including the possibility of covertly violating national sovereignty so that US agents can kill drug traffickers, according to an investigation by the magazine Rolling Stone.
“If things don’t change, the president still believes it’s necessary to take some kind of military action against these killers,” a Trump adviser told the magazine.
According to the investigation, signed by journalists Asawin Suebsaeng and Andrew Perez, among those close to Trump there are those who believe that the US Army should cross the border to finish off criminal leaders.
However, in the same team there are those who are betting on a “soft invasion” of Mexico, “in which US special forces, not a large theater deployment, would be sent covertly to assassinate cartel leaders.” ‘, details the magazine.
Trump would be in favor of that option.
-With information from Reuters.
