Mexico’s Security Chief Meets DEA Director on Information Sharing and Fugitive Captures

Mexico DEA intelligence and information-sharing meeting, Digi Mart USA News: Mexico’s Secretary of Security, Omar García Harfuch, met Monday, November 9, 2026, with Terrance Cole, head of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), to address the capture of criminal leaders wanted by both countries and the exchange of information about illicit networks.

García Harfuch said in a post on the social media platform X that the meeting, which had been scheduled since late October, reviewed information sharing about criminal organizations as well as pending collaboration and extradition requests. “We agree on the importance of strengthening investigations against the criminal networks that generate violence,” the official said.

The two sides also discussed the detention of priority targets for both countries, arms trafficking into Mexico, and drug trafficking into the United States, he added. García Harfuch said the cooperation operates under the principles of respect for sovereignty, shared responsibility, and “cooperation without subordination.”

He also stated that security actions on Mexican territory correspond “exclusively” to Mexican authorities. The secretary did not announce new agreements or detail specific extraditions or arrests resulting from the meeting, and did not specify when or where it took place.

On Monday, García Harfuch took part in a public event in the northwestern state of Sinaloa, which has been in a deep violence crisis for two years due to a dispute between factions of the Sinaloa Cartel. A day earlier, he announced the capture of an alleged leader of a Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) cell known as “R2,” wanted by the United States, in an operation that involved DEA intelligence information.

Between February 2025 and January 2026, the Mexican government carried out three mass transfers of people sought by Washington, totaling 92 targets sent to the United States, according to official data. The security secretary has said this cooperation has contributed to captures, extraditions and operations against criminal networks of interest to both governments.