A major crack has appeared in the least expected place: the newly established foundation of the security relationship between Mexico and the United States, a sacred space during the 14 months that Claudia Sheinbaum and Donald Trump have spent at the helm of their respective governments. The political crisis in Mexico stemming from the presence of CIA agents on the ground in Chihuahua, coupled with the U.S. indictment of a governor and a senator in Sinaloa on drug trafficking charges, are the backdrop for a rupture whose magnitude and consequences are yet to be fully realized. The political chess game is progressing; bishops and knights are getting ready. A false move by either side could further complicate the situation.

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The Mexican Navy, so battered lately by the huachicol scandals—the rampant smuggling of stolen fuel—and the interoceanic train accident, has just scored a major point. In a remarkably precise operation, a special forces detachment arrested Audias Flores, aka “El Jardinero” (The Gardener), in Nayarit on Monday. Flores was a key member of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) leadership and a candidate to lead it after the death of its top boss, Nemesio Oseguera, in an Army operation in February.

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