Overview
- Omar García Harfuch met FBI Director Kash Patel on March 18 in Washington to reaffirm cooperation grounded in reciprocity, sovereignty, and shared responsibility.
- Both sides defined joint lines of work and established direct communication between investigative teams to accelerate coordination on priority targets.
- Officials cited recent results from information-sharing, including the Sinaloa arrest of Samuel Ramírez Jr. and his legal transfer to the United States.
- Mexican authorities emphasized that operations on national territory are carried out by Mexican institutions with foreign agencies limited to information exchange under existing accords.
- Harfuch also conferred with DEA head Terrance Cole on narcotrafficking and arms flows, pledging continued efforts to reduce violence under President Claudia Sheinbaum’s direction.