US President Joe Biden will arrive in Mexico on Sunday, a day earlier than expected, for an official visit and a North American summit, Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard announced on Thursday (January 5th).
“The President of the United States, Joe Biden, will arrive Sunday, January 8 afternoon at Felipe Angeles International Airport
,” tweeted Marcelo Ebrard.
Joe Biden will travel to Mexico City after visiting the border town of El Paso, Texas on Sunday.
He is due to meet his Mexican counterpart Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday and attend a summit on Tuesday with the latter and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
230,000 arrests in November at the border
The American president has indicated that the
“strengthening of the border”
in the face of the migration crisis will be at the heart of his discussions with his Mexican counterpart, while more than 230,000 arrests were still recorded in November at the southern border of the United States. , a record high.
Joe Biden's visit to Mexico also comes as Mexican authorities on Thursday arrested Ovidio Guzman, one of the sons of notorious jailed US drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, who was wanted by Washington. .
