At the joint press availability on September 3, 2025 in Mexico City, Foreign Affairs Secretary Juan Ramón de la Fuente said, “models of cooperation, of collaboration can be built that work, that give results” (Press Democrat, Sep. 3, 2025). Yet U.S. Customs and Border Protection recorded 2.1 million migrant encounters in FY 2024, only a 14% drop from FY 2023, and CBP along with HSI seized nearly 460,000 lbs of fentanyl from FY 2021–FY 2024 (GAO-25-107667). What “results” is he referencing?
Explanation
De la Fuente cited diplomatic milestones like implementation groups and extraditions rather than measurable declines in drug flow. The same cooperation frameworks since 2008 yield political markers mo...
Sources
- Illicit Fentanyl: DHS Has Various Efforts to Combat Trafficking but Could Better Assess Effectiveness | U.S. GAO
- With New Strategies At and Beyond the U.S. Border, Migrant Encounters Plunge - Migration Policy Institute
- U.S. Assistance to Mexico: State and USAID Allocated over $700 Million to Support Criminal Justice, Border Security, and Related Efforts from Fiscal Year 2014 through 2018 | U.S. GAO
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