• Work on the Framework begins with a meeting to review the Action Plan and installation of the High-Level Security Group (GANSEG)
  • The governments of Mexico and the United States meet at the Foreign Ministry to begin work on the Bicentennial Framework by installing GANSEG and its subgroups with the aim of achieving the new bilateral vision on security.
  • The Action Plan reflects the shared bilateral vision built by Presidents López Obrador and Biden that seeks to reduce addictions and homicides, and the trafficking of guns, people and drugs, among other shared priorities.

A Mexican delegation headed by Secretary Marcelo Ebrard and Secretary Rosa Icela Rodríguez, and a United States delegation led by Ambassador Ken Salazar and the embassy's chief of mission, Stephanie Syptak-Ramnath, met today in the Foreign MInistry to install the High-Level Security Group (GANSEG).

The meeting follows up on the High-Level Security Dialogue (HLSD) that was held last October and sets the Bicentennial Framework in motion by installing the working subgroups. The Bicentennial Framework proposes a new shared vision of regional security and collaboration based on respect for each country's sovereignty. It establishes a comprehensive and long-term approach that will guide future bilateral actions.

The preliminary Action Plan for the next three years of bilateral security cooperation was presented and subsequently reviewed and adopted by the subgroups. In addition, the two delegations agreed on timetables for the activities to address the security challenges in Mexico and the United States in a timely manner. The Plan is designed for specific and immediate actions, and reflects the shared bilateral vision built by Presidents López Obrador and Biden that seeks to reduce addictions and homicides, and the trafficking of guns, people and drugs, among other shared priorities.

The Foreign Secretary stressed the importance of the meeting, saying it was "a historic event, at which the Bicentennial Framework becomes operational and its birth certificate is issued."  He also noted that, with the creation of the subgroups, "a new era of public safety begins with the participation of the United States" and the now defunct Merida Initiative is left behind.

The Foreign Secretary commented on the subgroups that will put into operation the vision that Presidents López Obrador and Biden have built together regarding the bilateral security agenda. The subgroups that will meet on this occasion with representatives from both countries are the i) Protect Our People Subgroup; ii) Subgroup to Prevent Transborder Crime; iii) Subgroup to Pursue Criminal Networks; iv) Informational Armed Forces Subgroup; and v) Binational Cooperation Committee.

The Secretary of Security and Civilian Protection highlighted the coordination between the two administrations to produce the working documents for the meeting, which "today becomes the most important element of binational security cooperation." The Secretary urged the participating officials to "together build the peace that our nations require."

Accompanying Secretaries Ebrard and Rodríguez were: Ricardo Mejía Berdeja, Undersecretary of Public Security; Major General Gabriel García Rincón, Chief Officer of the Defense Ministry; Admiral Luis Javier Robinson Portillo, Chief of the Navy General Staff; Roberto Velasco Álvarez, Chief Officer for North America; Félix Arturo Medina Padilla, head of the Planning and Policy Unit for Peacebuilding with States and Regions; Miguel Ángel Méndez Buenos Aires, of the Legal and International Affairs Office of the Attorney General's Office; Horacio Duarte, head of Customs; Alejandro Svarch, head of the Federal Commission for Protection against Health Risks (Cofepris); Gady Zabicky Sirot, National Commissioner Against Addictions; General Audomaro Martínez Zapata, Director General of the National Intelligence Center; Ramsés Ruíz Cázares, Director General of Analysis at the Financial Intelligence Unit; Commissioner Israel Noé Castillo, Deputy Chief of Doctrine, National Guard; and government officials participating in the subgroups.

The U.S. delegation included Christina Vejar, Department of Justice attaché; Bruce Abrams, USAID Mission Director; Patricia Aguilera, Deputy Director, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement, Department of State; Timothy Tubbs, Deputy Special Agent in Charge at Homeland Security Investigations; Carlos Tomala, Deputy Legal Attaché, Federal Bureau of Investigation; Matthew Allen, Assistant Regional Director, Drug Enforcement Agency; Bobby Garcia, Customs and Border Protection attaché; and Brian Keating, Treasury Department attaché.

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