In U.S.-Mexico relations, everything is happening everywhere at the same time. In the same week that Andy López Beltrán, son of former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, lashed out at the Trump administration for revoking his visa — and the ruling Morena party rushed to rally behind him and called for 200 meetings to defend national sovereignty — several U.S. officials have celebrated the strong coordination between the two countries on social media and revealed new security agreements. “Our defense cooperation continues to grow stronger,” U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ronald Johnson wrote on Sunday to announce Mexico’s access to the U.S. drone procurement market. Furthermore, despite the rift over the Andy López case, President Claudia Sheinbaum changed her mind this week and authorized Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch to travel to the DEA conference in Argentina.
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