Marco Rubio's visit to Mexico City is far from being a "courtesy visit"
Following US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's visit to Mexico City, Mexico and the United States announced a strengthening of their cooperation against cartels. However, in the press and among analysts, this sequence is primarily seen as a sign of increased pressure and influence exerted by Donald Trump.
It's a visit that's making headlines in the Mexican press. Following a meeting between Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday, September 3, in Mexico City, the two countries jointly announced "new bases for bilateral cooperation" in the fight against cartels, reports Milenio .
While, as The New York Times points out , the statement "lacks details," the two countries say they have set up "a high-level group to monitor actions taken [against drug trafficking]," coordinate the dismantling of cartels, "strengthen border security" and "stem the flow of weapons."
True to her rhetoric, the Mexican head of state insisted on “four axes” supposed to guide relations between the two countries: “Respect, sovereignty, mutual trust, and cooperation while respecting territories,” details the Mexican daily Milenio .
Behind Sheinbaum's consensual statements, which welcomed a "cordial" meeting, several observers see above all a demonstration of American firmness. For experts interviewed by La Silla Rota , Rubio's visit constitutes "proof of the hardening of the policy
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