Today, the “Big Three” US broadcast networks (CBS, ABC, NBC) featured prominently the news out of Mexico in their evening newscasts.

— This is a VERY rare occurrence. 2/ CBS News take

Texas @GovAbbott says it has reached a deal w/the Governor of the Mexican state of Nuevo León that will stop additional truck inspections by Texas at the TINY section of border both share. Texas inspections have caused US $100 million in trade losses per Mexico’s private sector. 2/ The vast majority of Texas/Mexico trade flows through ports of entry in other Mexican states. Governor Abbott says he will try to reach “security deals” with other Mexican border Governors (Tamaulipas, Coahuila & Chihuahua) so that he can lift his additional inspections order.

Interesting scoop by Axios on Salazar being vetted as US Ambassador to Mexico. Less impressive is the usual Beltway tendency to tie Mexico’s relevance for the US to just border security. Tensions in the US-Mexico relationship go well beyond border security and are reaching a boiling point. Just take a look at several agriculture disputes👇 postregister.com/farmandranch/c…

⚡️BREAKING:

•AMLO berates long lasting US/MX security cooperation umbrella (Merida Initiative) through which US funneled $2.8 bn in anticrime aid to MX since 2008

•AMLO says Merida funds have gone to military equipment. US data shows military financing represents 15% of total When asked for clarification during his morning press conference, AMLO makes clear that the Merida Initiative would disappear & that his Govt is asking the US to reorient its aid towards a development plan for SouthernMX & CentralAm. Current FY2020 Merida request is $76 million