US Secretary Rubio’s Mexico Visit Highlights Coordinated Crackdown On Cartels, Deportations And Southern Caribbean Military Posture

Secretary of State Marco Rubio visits Mexico and Ecuador to press cooperation on fighting cartels, curbing illegal migration and countering China after a U.S. military strike on an alleged drug vessel from Venezuela. The trip occurs amid an administration-wide escalation combining cartel terrorist designations, naval and aerial deployments in the southern Caribbean, and intensified domestic deportation raids that have strained ties with Mexico.