Mexican president denies deal with US
Aug 21, 2025
Mexico CITY [Mexico], August 21: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum denied that her government has any agreement with Washington on a bilateral project to dismantle drug cartels.
On Monday, the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced a "bold bilateral initiative" with Mexico to fight drug cartels, an operation initiative named "Project Portero." However, Sheinbaum said that Mexico had not been consulted on the matter.
"The DEA issued this statement, we don't know on what basis," Sheinbaum said during her daily press briefing. "We have not reached any agreement, there is no deal between our security institutions and the DEA." Sheinbaum added that Mexico's Foreign Ministry and the US State Department had been working for months on a security agreement that is "about to be signed."
"This deal is fundamentally based on sovereignty, mutual trust, and territorial respect ... and coordination without subordination," she said.
Source: Qatar Tribune
