A U.S.-Mexico Impasse Will Test How Far the Trump Administration Will Go to Fight Drug Trade

Reporting Highlights Extradition Impasse: A confrontation is looming between the U.S. and Mexico over President Claudia Sheinbaum’s refusal to arrest Mexican officials indicted by the Justice Department. Sheinbaum’s Ally: The group includes the governor of Sinaloa state, Rubén Rocha Moya, a close ally of Sheinbaum and her mentor, former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Tackling Corruption: U.S. officials acknowledge the counter-narcotics efforts of Sheinbaum’s government but say attacking high-level corruption is a crucial next step. These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story. After months of U.S.-Mexico tensions sparked by the Trump administration’s threats to strike unilaterally at Mexican drug traffickers, the two governments are heading fo