Excerpts From President Claudia Sheinbaum's Morning Press Conference

MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 2026

Following the statements made by President Trump, I asked Juan Ramón de la Fuente to contact Secretary of State Rubio. They spoke yesterday.

I also decided to reach out to President Trump for a telephone conversation.

On Friday we were told that the call would take place this morning.

We discussed the joint work that has been carried out on security issues. There are very important results from our collaborative efforts, for example: the trafficking of fentanyl from Mexico to the United States has been reduced by 50 percent. How is this measured? By the seizures of fentanyl made on the other side of the border.

So, CBP, which is a U.S. government agency, publishes data on how much fentanyl they have seized on the other side of the border, and this has reduced by 50 percent in one year. In addition, deaths in the United States due to fentanyl have decreased by about 43 percent.

I also talked a bit about the work we have done on public security in Mexico. The results— which are public— of the number of drug laboratories that have been seized; the number of suspects linked to organized crime arrested; how homicides have decreased by 40 percent; the work that has been jointly undertaken based on the Understanding, with regard to our sovereignties.

In the end, we said: “we will continue collaborating on this.”

Trump insisted that “if we requested it, they could help on other issues.”

We told him: “So far, we are doing very well, it is not necessary. Besides, there is the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Mexico to consider.”

And he understood.

It was a very cordial conversation.

We agreed that this Committee would continue working together. On January 22 and 23, there will be a new meeting of this Commission that was jointly established; the meeting will now take place in the United States.

So, we will continue working together with the principles we have always established and seeking collaboration to reduce, on our part, the trafficking of illegal drugs; on their part, the reduction of arms trafficking, and also to decrease insecurity in Mexico.

That was the conversation.

We talked about the issue of Venezuela. I clearly told him that: “we have a Constitution and that the constitutional principles are very clear.”

And that was where the conversation ended.

He had other matters to attend to; the conversation was not very long, it lasted about 15 minutes. We agreed to call each other to discuss other topics.

I raised the point that “there are other pending issues, such as trade.”

He told me that he was very clear about it, and that we would talk soon.

And, of course, the issue of Mexicans in the United States as well.

We agreed to continue discussing and talking about all the necessary topics in the bilateral relationship.

So, this was the conversation. I repeat, it was in a very cordial tone.

And there is not much more to report to you about this topic.