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Cartel corruption claims push US-Mexico relations to breaking point Relations between [Mexico](https://www.theguardian.com/world/mexico) and the United States are being pushed to breaking point amid accusations by Washington that Mexican officials have been
cartels and other criminal networks. But Sheinbaum has rejected any such action as a red line not to be crossed in Mexican-US relations
relations between the two countries. In a brief video statement posted late Friday, Ruben Rocha Moya again denied any wrongdoing, but said he was taking “temporary leave” to defend himself against the US allegations
Sheinbaum has kept what she herself has called a “cool head”, politely declining Trump’s offers to deploy troops and acquiescing to his demands: ordering thousands of troops to the US border to halt migration
Sheinbaum had appeased Washington by acquiescing to Trump’s demands, sending thousands of troops to the border to control immigration and handing over nearly 100 cartel members to face justice in the United States
relations ahead of renegotiations of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA, free trade agreement. While Trump has taken public jabs at Sheinbaum – at one point suggesting cartels have greater control over Mexico than
Sheinbaum is yet to comment on the charges, but the foreign relations secretariat [released a statement](https://x.com/sre_mx/status/2049576908241719415?s=46&t=NrYw6JH0SMvzClNYWm_GkA) saying it had received various extradition requests from the US government, adding the attorney general
Sheinbaum told reporters earlier this week. “This is something that Mexicans shouldn’t take lightly.” Questions have swirled about the death of the two US agents, in what authorities have said was a car crash
related cartel violence which Dr Villa believes has desensitised society and young people. While guns are not as available over the counter or online with the same ease as in the US, weapons
cartels, widening investigations beyond criminal organisations to include political figures accused of collaborating with trafficking networks. Rocha, a member of Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s Morena party, [denied the charges](/news/2026/4/30/mexico-sheinbaum) and said they were
relations between the two neighbours. ## Alleged cartel links Prosecutors accused the group of working with cartel leaders to move large quantities of narcotics into the US in exchange for political support and bribes. They said
US Department of Homeland Security Secretary, Markwayne Mullin, is due to visit Mexico this week, President Sheinbaum said on Monday but did not specify why. In April, Human Rights Watch emphasised ahead of the World
relations between its hosts: the US, Canada and Mexico. The underlying issues seemed distant when the countries' leaders met for the draw in Washington DC in December and posed for a selfie with Fifa boss
relations between the two countries. An indictment unsealed on Wednesday in New York alleges that Rocha Moya, 76, and nine others worked with [cartel leaders](/news/2026/3/3/is-the-us-arming-mexican-cartels) to move large quantities of narcotics into the US