Despite the results and efforts of the Mexican government, led by President Claudia Sheinbaum, U.S. President Donald Trump stated that Mexico is largely governed by drug cartels.
He made this statement during a surprise press conference in Florida, where he signed several executive orders. A reporter asked the president about CIA drone flights over Mexican territory to monitor drug traffickers.
He said, "I have a very good relationship with Mexico, but I believe that Mexico is largely governed by the cartels, and that is a sad thing to say. If they wanted help with that, we would give it to them."
The president emphasized that the cartel involvement in the Mexican government has been going on for years, but “especially now it is led by the cartels."
President Trump's state about Mexico wasn’t supported by any evidence, and the claim that Mexican authorities have allowed “millions of people to enter our country from prisons and jails all over the world, not just from South America, Africa, Asia, mostly from the Congo in Africa; they opened their prison and came through Mexico, and we have some of the worst criminals coming from the Congo and other places. So, it’s not just South America, and it’s not just Venezuela, but they opened their jails.”
Trump stated that crime rates in Venezuela and other parts of the world have dropped significantly because they’ve sent their prisoners, drug lords, and gang members to the United States.
"They’ve given us their prisoners, they’ve given us their drug lords and their gang members, and it’s hard to believe we accepted this. It’s hard to believe we allowed open borders, and we’re getting, you know, hundreds of thousands and millions of people coming from all over the world, and they are absolute criminals."
In this regard, he referred to former Vice President Kamala Harris, saying she never visited the border to address immigration issues, unlike him, while also stating that immigration authorities are doing a great job.
“We have the safest border we’ve ever had, even safer than it was four years ago, and the Border Patrol is doing an incredible job, ICE is doing an incredible job, Tom Homan is incredible, and we have the best numbers we’ve ever had, and we’re going to keep it that way.”
The government of Mexico has announced that on Tuesday in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, elements of the Secretary of Security and Civilian Protection (SSPC), the Secretary of the Navy (Semar), Defense, National Guard (GN), and the Attorney General's Office (FGR), along with the Municipal Police of Puerto Vallarta, arrested Aaron Wilkie Murphy, 51, and Hong Thoa Thi Nguyen, alias "ThaoMurphy," 45, both with pending extradition orders and considered priority targets for the U.S. government.
Both individuals are linked to fentanyl distribution and firearms possession.
With these actions, as part of the National Security Strategy, the institutions of the Security Cabinet reaffirmed their commitment to bilateral collaboration and coordination for the security of both nations.
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