The Mexican president is expecting to meet with U.S. homeland security and drug prevention officials this week.
Mexico has frozen bank accounts of former officials accused by the United States of being linked to the powerful Sinaloa cartel, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said in a press conference May 18.
The move was a preventative measure, Sheinbaum said, while announcing she was preparing for a visit later this week with U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin and U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy Director Sara Carter.
Mexican financial authorities have blocked the accounts of Sinaloa Gov. Ruben Rocha and nine other current and former officials who face U.S. charges that they aided drug traffickers.