MEXICO CITY (AP) 鈥� said Thursday that she hopes to strengthen bilateral security cooperation during U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin’s visit to Mexico, including on issues of combating drug trafficking, migrant smuggling and arms trafficking, and to facilitate intelligence sharing.
Mullin arrives in the capital for a two-day visit following tensions in recent weeks over the at Mexico鈥檚 northern border and U.S. drug trafficking .
Sheinbaum’s administration, which took office in October 2024, has toed a fine line with the Trump administration as it has emphasized bilateral cooperation, while also maintaining Mexico’s sovereignty in the face of .
鈥淲hat we want is for us to continue working within the framework of that (security) understanding,鈥� Sheinbaum said at her morning news conference, referring to past dialogues with the Trump administration.
Mullin, who assumed the position in March is also scheduled to meet with Mexico鈥檚 Security Cabinet.
Sheinbaum said Thursday that she would also speak with Mullin about the 15 in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers since 2025, which Sheinbaum has instructed consulates to make daily visits to the detention centers, and Mexico announced in March that it would bring the cases before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
The Mexican president ruled out discussing the cases of the , some of whom belong to the governing Morena party, during her meeting with Mullin.
In late April, the New York Attorney General鈥檚 office indicted Sinaloa Gov. Rub茅n Rocha, Culiacan mayor Juan de Dios G谩mez, and eight other active and retired officials on charges including drug trafficking and illegal possession of firearms.
Rocha and G谩mez to facilitate the , while the former Sinaloa government officials, Gerardo M茅rida and Enrique D铆az, .
Bilateral relations became strained after on April 19, along with two officials from the Chihuahua Attorney General鈥檚 Office, when the vehicle they were traveling in plunged into a ravine in the mountains between Chihuahua 鈥� which borders Texas 鈥� and the state of Sinaloa, where a clandestine synthetic drug lab had been dismantled.
The incident prompted a to Washington that it hadn’t been informed of the presence of the two U.S. agents in Mexico, or of their activities in the opposition-governed state of Chihuahua.
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