MEXICO CITY (AP) 鈥� Mexico’s said that she and the U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin agreed Thursday to maintain bilateral cooperation rooted in mutual respect.
Mullin arrived in the Mexican 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 .
After meeting with Mullin at the presidential palace, Sheinbaum shared a brief post on X saying that both nations will maintain cooperation based on mutual respect.
The Mexican Foreign Ministry emphasized respect for sovereignty and 鈥渃oordination without subordination鈥� as some of the key principles agreed upon for cooperation, in a statement issued after the meeting.
Mullin, who assumed the position in March also met with Mexico鈥檚 Security Cabinet.
Earlier Thursday, Sheinbaum said 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 foreign ministry in its Thursday statement emphasized the importance of cooperation on migration. It cited the successful reduction Mexican citizens crossing the border, which has reached a 50-year-low.
The Mexican president also 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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