Third Meeting of the U.S.-Mexico Security Implementation Group

Representatives from six United States government agencies and their Mexican counterparts convened the third Security Implementation Group (SIG) meeting in Washington, DC on January 23 to drive immediate, impactful results on security cooperation.

The SIG underscored its priority focus of ending the fentanyl crisis by accelerating extraditions and transfers of high-value Transnational Criminal Organization (TCO) targets, disrupting illicit finance networks that enable both organized crime and terrorism, and intensifying efforts to stem arms trafficking across the border.  In advance of major sporting events, the United States and Mexico agreed on two key initiatives and how to move forward on their implementation to counter illicit Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS).

The United States thanked Mexico for its historic January 20 transfer of 37 criminals and narcoterrorists as well as the partnership between our authorities that led to the capture of FBI Top Ten Most Wanted fugitive Ryan Wedding.  These concrete accomplishments highlight the results of our close bilateral cooperation.