Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has arrived in Mexico for talks with the country's security cabinet. Photo by Aaron Schwartz/UPI | License Photo
May 21 (UPI) -- U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin arrived Thursday at Mexico's National Palace for meetings with President Claudia Sheinbaum and her security cabinet.
The two-day official visit, arranged directly after a phone call between Sheinbaum and President Donald Trump, marks the first trip to Mexico this year by a senior official from the U.S. administration.
The visit comes after federal prosecutors in New York filed narcotics trafficking charges against 10 current and former officials from the state of Sinaloa, including Gov. Rubén Rocha Moya, over alleged drug trafficking and weapons offenses.
According to the newspaper El Universal, it is the first time Washington has demanded the urgent arrest of sitting politicians by linking them directly to the Sinaloa cartel, triggering a political crisis in Mexico that continues to unfold.
