Cross-border deal to combat fentanyl and gun trafficking amidst political tensions.

The US and Mexico are close to announcing a deal to counter fentanyl crossing the southern border, with Mexico cracking down on labs and smuggling while the US does more to stop the flow of US guns into Mexico. Mexican military and police, with the help of US law enforcement, will focus on tracking raw materials for fentanyl being shipped to Mexico, finding and shutting down labs that make the deadly synthetic opioid, and going after key players in the illicit fentanyl trade. In return, the Biden administration has agreed to more tightly control and track firearms crossing from the US into Mexico.