The federal government will propose the review and update of the Bicentennial Understanding, the security agreement established in 2021 by the governments of Mexico and the United States, as announced yesterday by Ricardo Trevilla Trejo, head of the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena).
He explained in the National Palace that on instructions from President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo This instrument must be reviewed, so that it continues, is updated and reinforces the actions
that have been taken from the document to combat illicit arms trafficking from the United States to Mexico.
In her daily press conference, the president specified that the lawsuits filed during the six-year term of former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador against arms manufacturers and sellers in the United States continue their course in the courts of that country and noted that His government will give them continuity.
Trevilla Trejo assured that during the López Obrador government Very great efforts were made to make the United States understand that part of the great problem we have in Mexico of violence is a product of the weapons that come from the United States.
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He added that in the Bicentennial Understanding, and for the first time in a bilateral agreement, the need to jointly address illicit arms trafficking to Mexico was included.
They are made to see that it is necessary to implement actions
added Trevilla Trejo, who pointed out that Sedena and the rest of the Mexican security cabinet received instructions from Sheinbaum Pardo to review this instrument, so that it continues, is updated and reinforces the actions
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On the other hand, when asked about the upcoming presidential elections in the neighboring country, the head of the Executive affirmed that Mexico will work with whoever wins and will not take sides with the Democrat Kamala Harris or the Republican Donald Trump.
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