{"id":6793,"date":"2026-07-15T16:24:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T11:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=6793"},"modified":"2026-07-15T16:24:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T11:24:21","slug":"its-constant-work-mexicos-new-ambassador-navigates-a-high-stakes-moment-with-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=6793","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It\u2019s constant work\u2019: Mexico\u2019s new ambassador navigates a high-stakes moment with Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/17\/a0\/2c62dda444e7bad909d59cf0a867\/wcup-draw-soccer-30415.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div data-v-5d6b1cb2=\"\"><!--[--><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"plain-text-block\" class=\"font-text text-[length:var(--dimension-typescale-body-l)] text-[var(--color-text-primary)] leading-[1.6] mt-5 md:mt-[1.875rem]\">Just starting with extradition, that\u2019s an ongoing daily basis process. We have requested, for example, more than 200 extraditions that are being reviewed by the U.S. authorities. A lot of them, the U.S. authorities have requested additional evidence. We see it as a normal process that is ongoing on a daily basis, and we\u2019re asking for additional information on these 10 requests, and as soon as we have it \u2014 and it\u2019s up to the extent of the burden of proof that requires for us to execute an extradition, then by all means we\u2019ll do so.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"plain-text-block\" class=\"font-text text-[length:var(--dimension-typescale-body-l)] text-[var(--color-text-primary)] leading-[1.6] mt-5 md:mt-[1.875rem]\">The other, I mean, we have been very clear. There\u2019s a national security law that establishes how foreign officials have to be credited. If there are U.S. officials operating Mexican territory that have not been properly credited, that\u2019s an issue.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"plain-text-block\" class=\"font-text text-[length:var(--dimension-typescale-body-l)] text-[var(--color-text-primary)] leading-[1.6] mt-5 md:mt-[1.875rem]\"><strong>On immigration, President Sheinbaum said last week that Mexico intends to file criminal complaints regarding the Mexican citizens who died in custody of U.S. immigration officials or while targeted by U.S. law enforcement, especially after a Mexican citizen was fatally shot in Houston. What is the status of those complaints, and has President <!--[-->Sheinbaum<!--]--> spoken with the president about it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"plain-text-block\" class=\"font-text text-[length:var(--dimension-typescale-body-l)] text-[var(--color-text-primary)] leading-[1.6] mt-5 md:mt-[1.875rem]\">No, she hasn\u2019t spoken to the president about it, but those complaints were filed yesterday. Basically, we have four different actions. Our attorney general, through the embassy, filed a complaint with the Department of Justice. This embassy has filed complaints with state and district prosecutors. The government of Mexico, through the Ministry of Foreign Relations, has sent cease and decease letters at least to one company \u2014 a detention center, the one in Adelanto, because that\u2019s where four Mexican nationals have died \u2014 and Minister <!--[-->Velasco<!--]--> has sent a letter to High Commissioner <!--[-->Volker T\u00fcrk<!--]--> of the United Nations.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"plain-text-block\" class=\"font-text text-[length:var(--dimension-typescale-body-l)] text-[var(--color-text-primary)] leading-[1.6] mt-5 md:mt-[1.875rem]\">The first three actions aim to have full, independent investigations, to preserve all evidence and to find what the truth is, and, in the cease and desist actions, that companies review their processes, that medical attention is given promptly, and that human rights are being taken care of, and, finally, the additional oversight from the United Nations of the human rights treatment of our nationals.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"plain-text-block\" class=\"font-text text-[length:var(--dimension-typescale-body-l)] text-[var(--color-text-primary)] leading-[1.6] mt-5 md:mt-[1.875rem]\"><strong>I would be remiss if we didn\u2019t talk about the World Cup. The World Cup was supposed to be this moment of North American unity. Has it been?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"plain-text-block\" class=\"font-text text-[length:var(--dimension-typescale-body-l)] text-[var(--color-text-primary)] leading-[1.6] mt-5 md:mt-[1.875rem]\">I believe that it has been a major success. I think a lot of people \u2014 not in Mexico, because Mexico has a big fan base for the sport \u2014 but especially in the U.S. and Canada, it\u2019s not the main sport that people follow. 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