By Ricardo Lezama 
The President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, and the American President, Joe Biden, recently held a meeting at the G20 Summit in Brazil. This marked their first face-to-face interaction, which they used as an opportunity to discuss the strong relationship that currently exists and should continue to exist between Mexico and the United States. For the moment, most of what is known is through official communications and politically correct pleasantries.
They highlighted the importance of cooperation on key issues such as immigration, economy, and fighting transnational criminal violence. Both leaders emphasized the need to strengthen bilateral cooperation and address these critical matters of mutual interest.
Sheinbaum and Biden both reaffirmed the United States’s commitment to building a prosperous North America. The White House declared the meeting a stride towards maintaining cooperation on matters of immigration, security, and combating the scourge of transnational crime, which appears to have been partially successful, according to the DEA’s latest figures in reducing fentanyl deaths by nearly 15 percent.
Biden’s meeting with Sheinbaum is taking place a few months before the end of his term, with Donald Trump threatening a massive deportation plan as soon as his first day in office. Nevertheless, the leaders agreed to continue working against organized transnational crime, irregular migration, and economic prosperity.