Mexican fishing boats lose access to US ports in the Gulf of Mexico

Mexican fishing boats have been prohibited from entering US ports in the Gulf of Mexico. The sanction is in response to the decision of the National Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA, for its acronym in English) to give the Latin American country a "negative certification" after registering an increase in illegal fishing in US waters. The agency stated that it did not have "sufficient evidence" that Mexico had taken appropriate actions to address the problem.

Mexico has been in the US crosshairs since 2019. That year the Mexican authorities were informed by NOAA that Mexico . . .