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Weekly Report - 02 October 2025 (WR-25-39)
MEXICO: Turning point in fight against arms trafficking?
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum has hailed a “completely different vision” on the part of US authorities regarding the tackling of illegal firearms trafficking from the US to Mexico. Long a priority security issue for Mexico, Sheinbaum stated that previous US administrations had not acknowledged it was a problem, focusing exclusively on combatting the trafficking of drugs and flows of migrants from Mexico to the US. On 26 September the two countries launched a new initiative to combat arms trafficking, following a meeting of a new security working group established during the recent visit of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to Mexico. The initiative has been held up by authorities on both sides of the border as a sign of a new chapter in bilateral security cooperation.
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