Mexico has a “Plan A, B and C” given the entry into force of US tariffs, President Claudia Sheinbaum said, who indicated that she will wait for Washington's decision about the new rates. Almost 20,000 deportees have arrived in the country from American territory from February 20 to date.
The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, said on Monday that her government has plans in response to the imminent imposition of tariffs on Mexican products, but indicated that she will wait for the United States's decision on the new rates, which must go into force on Tuesday, March 4.
He US Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnickhe ratified on Sunday that the tariffs to Canada and Mexico will take effect on the planned date, but that President Donald Trump will determine if he maintains the planned level of 25%.
“We will announce it (the plan), let's see what happens today and tomorrow too. There is tempering and tranquility in the sense that whatever the decision is, we have a plan, “said Sheinbaum, who stressed that the final decision is in the hands of his American counterpart, with whom he did not rule out talk before the deadline for the imposition of the measures is fulfilled.
In her daily morning conference, the Mexican president called “not to generate uncertainty” and stressed that they have been in communication with their neighbor. “We have made the necessary agreements and coordination but it is a decision that depends on the government of the United States,” he added.
“The meetings in the US were very good. There is permanent communication with the different areas, both security and trade and we will expect what happens, in this we must have temper, security and patience. We have plan A, Plan B, Plan C, ”said Sheinbaum.
The owners of Economics, Marcelo Ebrard; of the Treasury, Rogelio Ramírez de la O; security, Omar García; of foreign relations, Juan Ramón de la Fuente; Marina, Raymundo Morales; and defense, Ricardo Trevilla; They traveled to Washington to meet with members of the Trump cabinet, including the Secretary of Commerce Lutnick and the head of US diplomacy, Marco Rubio.
President Donald Trump said last Thursday that 25 % tariffs to Canada and Mexico will enter into force on March 4, according to a publication on his social truth network.
The American president indicated that drugs continue to arrive in the United States at “very high and unacceptable levels” and that import taxes would force other countries to take energetic measures against traffic.
Border security and deportation figures
In her meeting with the press, the president of Mexico reported that during the first four months of her administration (October to January), the seizures of fentanyl have decreased by 49.94 %.
Mexico agreed with Washington at the beginning of February the sending of additional troops to the common terrestrial limit as part of a pause in the application of tariffs to Mexican products.
On February 25, Sheinbaum announced the confiscation of 11,861 kilograms of drugs, including 54.9 kilograms of fentanyl; Hundreds of arrests and arms seizures in operations between 5 and 23 of that month.
As for deportations, he indicated that the US has sent 19,663 people to Mexico since Donald Trump came to power on January 20, including 15,611 of them from Mexican nationality and 4,052 from other countries.
On Sunday about 313 people were transferred to the Latin American country, added the president.
As part of its efforts against irregular immigration, the Pentagon announced on Saturday the sending of around 3,000 additional soldiers in active service to the border between with Mexico.
(With the collaboration of Syndy García, of the voice of La LA Youth in Mexico, and Reuters information)