Just starting with extradition, that’s an ongoing daily basis process. We have requested, for example, more than 200 extraditions that are being reviewed by the U.S. authorities. A lot of them, the U.S. authorities have requested additional evidence. We see it as a normal process that is ongoing on a daily basis, and we’re asking for additional information on these 10 requests, and as soon as we have it — and it’s up to the extent of the burden of proof that requires for us to execute an extradition, then by all means we’ll do so.
The other, I mean, we have been very clear. There’s a national security law that establishes how foreign officials have to be credited. If there are U.S. officials operating Mexican territory that have not been properly credited, that’s an issue.
On immigration, President Sheinbaum said last week that Mexico intends to file criminal complaints regarding the Mexican citizens who died in custody of U.S. immigration officials or while targeted by U.S. law enforcement, especially after a Mexican citizen was fatally shot in Houston. What is the status of those complaints, and has President Sheinbaum spoken with the president about it?
No, she hasn’t spoken to the president about it, but those complaints were filed yesterday. Basically, we have four different actions. Our attorney general, through the embassy, filed a complaint with the Department of Justice. This embassy has filed complaints with state and district prosecutors. The government of Mexico, through the Ministry of Foreign Relations, has sent cease and decease letters at least to one company — a detention center, the one in Adelanto, because that’s where four Mexican nationals have died — and Minister Velasco has sent a letter to High Commissioner Volker Türk of the United Nations.
The first three actions aim to have full, independent investigations, to preserve all evidence and to find what the truth is, and, in the cease and desist actions, that companies review their processes, that medical attention is given promptly, and that human rights are being taken care of, and, finally, the additional oversight from the United Nations of the human rights treatment of our nationals.
I would be remiss if we didn’t talk about the World Cup. The World Cup was supposed to be this moment of North American unity. Has it been?
I believe that it has been a major success. I think a lot of people — not in Mexico, because Mexico has a big fan base for the sport — but especially in the U.S. and Canada, it’s not the main sport that people follow. But the attendance record and the ambiance that you see at the stadiums has been a major success.
I was able to go to the International Police Corporation Center, in Virginia, and also in the Embassy of the U.S. in Mexico, where you see these huge spaces where policemen and police forces and intelligence people and they’re from all around the world, all working together on a daily basis, finding the threats, tending to the threats. It is a North American success because this was able to happen because of strong coordination.
