The chancellor Marcelo Ebrard Casaubón received this morning at the facilities of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs a delegation of US Democratic congressmen, made up of the senator from Connecticut, Chris Murphythe congressman from Illinois, Jesus Garciaand the congresswoman from Missouri, Cory Bush.
During the meeting they addressed issues on the bilateral agenda including migration, economic relations, cultural ties and cooperation in security matters, such as the fight against arms trafficking as a priority issue on the shared agenda.
This situation seriously affects societies on both sides of the border, in addition to strengthening the capacity of transnational criminal organizations to carry out other criminal activities that have economic and public health impacts.
Secretary Ebrard recalled that Mexico’s security strategy is focused on three objectives: reduce the availability of weapons for criminal groups, reduce the recruitment capacity of said groups and reduce drug consumption in the country and drug trafficking to the United States. Joined.
Also within the framework of Bicentennial Understandingboth governments have made progress in confronting the illicit trafficking of firearms by increasing the exchange of information and the professionalization of Mexican officials at the federal and state levels, both in terms of ballistic analysis and in the registration and tracking of firearms from the United States.
The United States presents advances in the fight against arms trafficking
At the meeting, the United States delegation presented the progress made in the fight against arms trafficking in its country, where a review of the US legislation that regulates the cross-border trafficking of firearms and the corresponding penalties has been carried out. to improve law enforcement. Undertaking concrete actions to stop the flow of arms to Mexico is a priority of the binational relationship and the progress in the matter demonstrates it.
Mexico reiterated the importance of curbing arms trafficking, not only at the governmental level in terms of control and sanctions for arms consumers, but also seeking that firearms companies take responsibility for their products illegally trafficked into our country, emphasizing the importance of actions such as the litigation undertaken by this Foreign Ministry against arms-producing companies in the United States.
To end the meeting, the US delegation proposed to discuss what other ideas could be worked on jointly between the Government of Mexico and the United States Congress to strengthen the relationship and find solutions to the shared problems that exist in the region.
In addition to the foreign minister, the Mexican delegation was made up of the head of the Unit for North America, Robert Velasco; the director general of special affairs, Maria deHaas; the Political Affairs Coordinator for North America, Christina Planterand the deputy legal consultant “B”, Salvador Tinajero.
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