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Mexico has been under intense pressure from Washington for months to tackle drug trafficking groups, with President [Donald Trump
drug trafficking and other cartel activity in Mexico, particularly in the wake of pressure from her counterpart in the United States, President Donald Trump
Mexico and the US on a number of issues including counter-narcotics. Sheinbaum has come under intensifying pressure from US President Donald Trump to crack down on drug trafficking
Mexico has faced increased pressure from the US on security, with Donald Trump repeatedly threatening to invade the country and tackle cartels. Last month, the US justice department indicted 10 current and former officials from
drug trafficking offences The US justice department has charged the governor of Sinaloa and nine other current and former officials for alleged ties to the Sinaloa cartel, accusing them of aiding in the massive importation
drug laboratories, smuggling routes, and distribution networks within the United States, according to the Mexican security official. Mexico has significantly stepped up its security efforts, under enormous pressure from the US president, Donald Trump. Trump
trafficked to the U.S. overland from Mexico. The fast boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific are known to carry cocaine, not fentanyl. Here's what to know about the deadly strikes
drug distribution and trafficking routes, but operate in distinct ways: while the Red Command has a more decentralised leadership structure and resembles the more overtly violent and conspicuous crime factions of Mexico and Colombia
Mexico, and another World Cup participant, Colombia. There have also been tensions between the three co-hosts on trade, immigration and drug-trafficking. Indeed, only last week, the president referred to Canada as "the 51st
pressure from the fossil fuel industry succeeds in pushing countries backward.” US interference is a big concern, with Trump warning [of military intervention](https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-01-09/gustavo-petro-trump-told-me-he-was-thinking-of-doing-bad-things-in-colombia-a-military-operation.html) in Colombia. Environmentalists in Colombia believe the national commitment
pressure from her US counterpart, Donald Trump, to do more to stem the flow of drugs from Mexico to the United States but she has insisted that Mexico's "sovereignty" cannot be breached. On Monday
trafficking indictment that has further strained 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
trafficking drugs, officials have claimed. [Federal agents said they had found a 55ft-deep tunnel](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/02/san-diego-drug-tunnel) equipped with electricity and ventilation. It was accessed using a sophisticated hydraulic lift that extended more than
Trump](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump) has piled pressure on Mexico to do still more, threatening tariffs and unilateral military action, the government has increasingly turned to the old method of targeting kingpins – even if it remains
Trump made fentanyl a foreign policy priority and quickly designated the criminal groups trafficking it as foreign terrorist organisations while slapping tariffs on countries involved in its supply chain – including China, the main source