Mexican national Federico De Los Rios Rios pleaded guilty to drug smuggling, facing 10 years to life in prison after trying to smuggle fentanyl and cocaine into the US.
Kevin Hassett, the Trump administration’s national economic council director, said the United States has not launched a trade war with Mexico and Canada, but launched “a drug war.” Hassett joined
In a rare bipartisan move, two senators have introduced legislation in the latest attempt to fight the flow of fentanyl and its precursors into the U.S. from China, Mexico and through other borders.
Tens of thousands of Mexicans poured into the country’s most important plaza on Sunday to cheer President Claudia Sheinbaum after she succeeded in one of the most daunting challenges in global politics: negotiating with Donald Trump.
Trump has cast Canada as a major importer of the synthetic opioid to the US. But the seizures at the northern border represent a tiny portion of the trafficking trade.
President Donald Trump teased that tariffs could climb higher over time while responding to Maria Bartiromo's questions about business leaders' desire for predictability.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum told supporters in a massive rally on Sunday that dialogue and respect had prevailed in achieving a pause on U.S. tariffs and that the sovereignty of Mexico would always come first.