The White House's 2026 National Drug Control Strategy places Mexico at the center of President Donald Trump's fight against fentanyl, mentioning Mexico or Mexican actors more than 30 times in a 195-page document that calls for tougher border enforcement, artificial intelligence surveillance, financial sanctions, and "tangible results" from the Mexican government.
Released by the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the strategy describes the nearly 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border as "the principal corridor" for the illicit drugs posing the gravest threat to American lives. It says Mexican cartels are the main producers and traffickers of synthetic drugs, particularly fentanyl and methamphetamine, calling them "the most significant drug-related threat to the United States."
