FBI-Mexico Security Coordination Masks Deeper Sovereignty Concerns Amid Rising Cartel Violence

In a recent visit to Mexico City, FBI Director Kash Patel met with Mexico’s Secretary of Security Omar García Harfuch amid escalating U.S. pressure on Mexico to intensify its crackdown on drug cartels. Ostensibly framed as a mutual effort to “strengthen coordination” and share intelligence, this partnership raises urgent questions about the fine line between cooperation and infringement upon Mexican sovereignty—questions that ultimately reverberate across the southern border into American communities. When Cooperation Crosses Into Overreach The official narrative celebrates joint operations targeting “generators of violence” linked to cross-border crime. Yet the reality is more complicated. The handoff of high-profile...