Mexico says will focus on arms smuggling at U.S. meeting on migrant flows

Cuban migrants queue while waiting for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents, to cross into the United States to claim asylum, at the Santa Fe border crossing bridge in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico September 9, 2019. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico said it would press the United States to halt arms smuggling across its border with Mexico at a pivotal meeting in Washington on Tuesday called to review progress in efforts to curb a recent surge in Central American migrant flows.

Following threats by U.S. President Donald Trump to impose tariffs on all its goods, Mexico on June 7 pledged to take a series of steps to contain migrants, and the two governments agreed to review that effort after 90 days.