US, Mexico in Meetings to Address Deadly Drug Cartel Threat

National Guard members provide security at a highway checkpoint for immigration authorities just south of Tapachula, Mexico, 25 miles north of the Suchiate River border with Guatemala, on June 28, 2019. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

The threat of deadly Mexican drug cartels was addressed in Dec. 5 meetings between Mexico’s government officials and U.S. Attorney General William Barr, with a focus on bilateral cooperation, according to Mexico’s government.

The meetings come after President Donald Trump said in late November that he would designate Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations for their role in the trafficking of narcotics and people. Trump’s comments came in response to a series of bloody security breaches triggered by cartel gunmen.