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Mexico international security cooperation

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The Mexican government reported sustained security cooperation with international agencies between September 2025 and June 2026, focusing on organized crime, high-impact crimes, irregular migration, and terrorism. As part of President Claudia Sheinbaum’s Second Government Report, Mexico detailed 55 coordination meetings with United States authorities, including the FBI, DEA, and U.S. Marshals Service, to facilitate intelligence exchange. The report also noted continued monitoring of synthetic drug trafficking and chemical precursors through the North American Drug Policy Dialogue. Furthermore, Mexico engaged in 45 operational actions regarding the transfer of individuals through judicial or migratory procedures and held high-level security meetings with several Central American nations, including Belize, El Salvador, and Guatemala. By September 2026, security cooperation with the United States expanded to combat transnational criminal organizations through a broader scope of activities, including intelligence sharing, joint operations, extraditions, weapons control, money laundering prevention, and border surveillance. The Bilateral Security Implementation Group serves as a primary mechanism to coordinate actions against cartels, fentanyl trafficking, weapons, ammunition, and money laundering. While intelligence is shared between Mexican authorities and U.S. agencies such as the DEA, CIA, and FBI to locate criminal targets and networks, the Mexican government maintains that all operations within its territory are planned and executed by Mexican forces. In late September 2026, U.S. Ambassador Ronald Johnson proposed expanding cooperation to target entire criminal networks, including financiers and front companies, while emphasizing that the U.S. seeks to work without being interventionist. He defended the designation of certain cartels as foreign terrorist organizations to help disrupt financial structures. Concurrently, military representatives from Mexico’s SEDENA and SEMAR met with U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) on September 21 and 22 to strengthen strategic communication coordination and institutional channels for disseminating joint military activities. By early October 2026, security cooperation saw a surge in fugitive extraditions. U.S.

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