The Justice Department also said it had begun investigating the “murder of more than 30 Americans” by Hamas fighters during the Oct. 7 attack in Israel.
The Justice Department inquiry will focus on “credible allegations” that a number of deaths at two jails resulted from use of force, medical neglect and assaults by inmates.
The secretary of state, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas plan to meet with Mexico’s leader and other officials to cement strategy.
The meeting is an opportunity to ease an increasingly tense relationship between two allies, while addressing hot-button issues in the 2024 presidential race in the United States.
While some of the questions hurled at Attorney General Merrick B. Garland were an attempt to pry free information, many were overtly partisan or based on distortion, insinuation and misinformation.