US Demands Concrete Results From Mexico on Border Security, Fentanyl

The United States is placing pressure on Mexico to hasten a crackdown on drug cartels, saying that gradual improvements are not enough to slow the flow of deadly fentanyl into American communities. The directive came during a Thursday phone call between U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Mexican Foreign Minister Juan Ramón de la Fuente, part of a series of high-level discussions aimed at increasing bilateral security efforts. Both governments issued a joint statement on the discussion, which focused on security matters, and reiterated “the importance of the U.S.–Mexico partnership.” The U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs underscored a firmer stance in a post on X....