Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum should accept U.S. assistance to combat cartels
- On May 15, 2025, Senators Dave McCormick and Mark Kelly jointly introduced legislation aimed at enhancing U.S. Efforts to combat Mexican drug cartels by holding the government accountable for security assistance to Mexico.
- The bill addresses concerns over the lack of clear objectives and accountability in U.S. Support for Mexico's security, despite investing $3 billion in aid over the past decade.
- It requires a comprehensive plan outlining key objectives, benchmarks, and metrics for assessing progress to enhance Mexico’s law enforcement capabilities and focus efforts on dismantling cartels such as the Sinaloa group led by Ovidio Guzman.
- McCormick emphasized the importance of establishing a well-defined plan with measurable goals and accountability to effectively disrupt cartel operations, highlighting that fentanyl claims over 4,000 lives annually in Pennsylvania.
- The act aims to strengthen U.S.-Mexico cooperation and ensure aid effectiveness amid the fentanyl crisis, supported by recent CDC data showing a decline in overdose deaths from 76,000 in 2023 to 48,000 in 2024.
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Bipartisan Bill Would Require Accountability and State Department Plan to Dismantle Mexican Cartels
The bipartisan Mexico Security Assistance Accountability Act introduced in the Senate on May 15 would require the State Department to come up with a strategy to dismantle the Mexican drug cartels with measurable goals. Sens. Dave McCormick (R-Pa.) and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) introduced the legislation targeting the cartels on May 15, noting in a press release that the U.S. government spent $3 billion over more than a decade helping Mexico with secu…
Mexican president explains way to receive sensitive data from the US: complaints
Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum explained Thursday the method now used to exchange sensitive security information with the United States: U.S. agents file a complaint when they have a lead, and Mexican authorities act on that information. “There are U.S. agencies that constantly file complaints with the Attorney General’s Office stating that, based on their intelligence, they know there are laboratories or…
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