1697.2 Drug Trafficking and Chemical Precursors
Presence of Trafficking Routes
Meets
Meets the criterion.
Mexico has verifiable drug-trafficking routes and nodes involving air, maritime, airport, and port channels. The evidence documents aircraft and vessels in motion, trajectories between identifiable points, international maritime connections, and ports and airports used as transportation nodes.
No recent consolidated public Mexican map was identified that comprehensively describes the configuration, frequency, continuity, and updating of all corridors. This limitation prevents a complete characterization of the national route system but does not affect the sufficient evidence establishing its presence.
Sources (5): the documents that support the traffic light
- Comisión Interamericana para el Control del Abuso de Drogas. (2024). Mexico: Multilateral Evaluation Mechanism (MEM), Comprehensive Evaluation (Report)
- Drug Enforcement Administration. (2025). 2025 National Drug Threat Assessment (Report)
- Gabinete de Seguridad del Gobierno de México. (2026, 16 de enero). Resultados obtenidos de la Operación Frontera Norte del 15 de enero de 2026 (Regulation or programme)
- U.S. Department of State, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs. (2025). International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Volume I: Drug and Chemical Control (Report)
- United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. (2025). World Drug Report 2025: Maps (Report)
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