00:00At her regular morning press conference, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum referred to a telephone conversation she had with her U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump.
00:09The head of state mentioned the work of the joint Mexican-U.S. commission aimed at implementing actions against drugs and organized crime groups on both sides of the border.
00:19In this regard, Sheinbaum highlighted the decrease in fentanyl seizures in the United States as well as the decrease in homicide rate in Mexico.
00:28In addition, Claudia Sheinbaum stated that during the conversation with the U.S. president, the Mexican government made clear its position regarding the defense of its national sovereignty.
00:45After the statements made by President Donald Trump, I asked Juan Ramón de la Fuente to reach out to Secretaries Rubio. They spoke yesterday.
00:58And I also made the decision to contact President Trump in a call.
01:07We were given the call on Friday for this morning, and we talked about the joint work we have done on security issues.
01:14There are very important results from this collaborative effort.
01:25For example, the flow of fentanyl from Mexico to the United States has been reduced by 50 percent.
01:37How is that measured?
01:39By the seizures of fentanyl they make on the other side of the border.
01:43So CBP, which is a U.S. agency, publishes how much fentanyl is seized at the border, and this has been reduced by 50 percent in one year.
01:52The President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, also reaffirmed that the country supports constitutional principles in the face of the U.S. aggression against Venezuela.
02:03On January 22nd and 23rd, there will be a new meeting of this commission that was created jointly.
02:13Now it will take place in the United States, and we will continue working together with the principles we have always established.
02:21Seeking collaboration to reduce our part of the illegal drug trafficking, from their side, the reduction of arms trafficking, and also working to decrease insecurity in Mexico.
02:36That was the conversation.
02:38Additionally, we discussed the issue of Venezuela.
02:45I made it very clear to them that we have a constitution, and that the constitutional principles were very clear, and that was where the conversation was.
Comments