What Sheinbaum’s rare agreement with Trump reveals about crime in DC

Sheinbaum says Mexico City is safer than US capital, but rejects Trump’s portrayal of Latin American cities as more dangerous

Mexico’s president Claudia Sheinbaum has affirmed claims made by Donald Trump that Washington DC had a higher murder rate than Mexico City, a statistic used by the US leader to justify his takeover of policing in the US capital.

“He said something like ‘Washington is more unsafe than Mexico City,’ which is true,” Sheinbaum said on Tuesday. “What we don’t agree with is when he said that it’s the most unsafe city in Latin America.”