{"id":1982084,"date":"2023-07-25T11:07:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T15:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joint-us-mexico-statement-on-fentanyl-is-heavy-on-promises-light-on-details\/"},"modified":"2023-07-25T11:10:58","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T15:10:58","slug":"joint-us-mexico-statement-on-fentanyl-is-heavy-on-promises-light-on-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joint-us-mexico-statement-on-fentanyl-is-heavy-on-promises-light-on-details\/","title":{"rendered":"US and Mexico vow action on fentanyl, but lack specifics."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjoint-us-mexico-statement-on-fentanyl-is-heavy-on-promises-light-on-details%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1982084&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Mexican President \u2062and\u2064 Biden \u200cAdministration Officials Discuss Border\u2063 Security<\/h2>\n<p>Mexican President\u2063 Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador \u2063and senior members of his government recently hosted a\u2064 group of Biden administration officials to address the pressing issues of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cartel-gains-foothold-in-pacific-northwest-opioid-demand-in-region-emboldens-jngc\/\" title=\"Cartel gains foothold in Pacific Northwest, opioid demand in region emboldens JNGC\">fentanyl trafficking<\/a>, firearms smuggling, and \u200cimmigration \u2062across the border.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. delegation, led by Homeland Security Adviser\u200b Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, included Deputy \u2064Attorney General Lisa Monaco, acting Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Kristie Canegallo, and \u2064Deputy \u2064Secretary of \u2063State for\u2062 Management and Resources Rich Verma. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/update-letter-by-ted-cruz-and-6-gop-senators-and-4-senators-elect-sign-letter-to-reject-election-call-for-election-commission-10-day-emergency-audit-takes-place\/\" title=\"UPDATE: Letter by Ted Cruz and 6 GOP Senators and 4 Senators-Elect Sign Letter to Reject Election \u2013 Call For Election Commission 10-Day Emergency Audit Takes Place\">joint statement released<\/a> by\u2063 both governments, they expressed their commitment to ongoing discussions and cooperation on these matters.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Combating Drug Trafficking and Promoting Public Health<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;The leaders discussed \u2063our commitment to continuing joint efforts under the U.S.-Mexico \u200dBicentennial Framework for \u2063Security, Public Health, \u200dand Safe \u200bCommunities to combat \u200cdrug traffickers, disrupt the supply of the chemicals used to make illicit fentanyl, prevent trafficking of these deadly narcotics across\u2063 our \u200dshared border, and promote public\u2064 health services to reduce harm and demand and increase treatment services,&#8221; \u200bthe statement reads.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our countries also \u2064recognize that discovering, disrupting, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joint-us-mexico-statement-on-fentanyl-is-heavy-on-promises-light-on-details\/\" title=\"US and Mexico vow action on fentanyl, but lack specifics.\">dismantling firearms trafficking networks<\/a> is \u2064critical to our shared efforts to combat illicit fentanyl, and we remain committed \u200bto addressing firearms\u200b trafficking that contributes to violence and destruction on both sides of our shared border.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Cooperation on Regional Migration<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;The leaders also discussed the challenges and\u2062 progress in cooperation regarding regional migration and committed to continue to forge a region-wide response, guided by the principles in\u200d the Los Angeles Declaration on Migration and Protection,&#8221; it continued.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To that end, the United States and Mexico committed to further\u200b expand the availability of legal pathways throughout the region, including to Mexico \u200dand the United States. Leaders \u2062also discussed expanding\u200d our\u2064 joint development\u2063 work in Central\u200b America, and maintaining strong consequences for irregular entry at our\u200b shared \u2063border.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Both countries also emphasized their commitment to modernizing and advancing infrastructure projects that benefit \u200dborder communities and strengthen \u200cthe bilateral relationship and \u200dsecurity.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden previously met with Lopez Obrador to address the border situation. \u2063Since then, \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-recruiting-gop-senators-for-amnesty-deal\/\" title=\"Democrats Recruiting GOP Senators for Amnesty Deal\">illegal border crossings<\/a> have decreased to their lowest point since the pandemic\u2064 began.<\/p>\n<p>Lopez Obrador has expressed his concerns about the \u200dsecurity directives implemented\u200d by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, urging Texas voters to\u200d take action. The Biden administration has criticized these measures as \u200c&#8221;inhumane&#8221; and &#8220;indecent.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mexican President Lopez Obrador and his team met with US officials, including Homeland Security Adviser Sherwood-Randall and Deputy Attorney General Monaco, to address the border issues. The talks focused on curbing the illegal activities of fentanyl, firearms, and immigrants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1982085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1982084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1982084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1982084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1982084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1982085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1982084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1982084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1982084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}