Radio Cadena Agramonte emisiora de Camagüey
Mexico City, Feb 7. - The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, reaffirmed the collaboration without subordination with the United States and told the authorities of that nation to begin acting in their own country to combat fentanyl.
“Start with your country. Of course we are going to coordinate, to collaborate, but as I said on February 5, never subordination or interference,” said the dignitary in response to a question about the American memorandum that orders the total elimination of the cartels.
“How does fentanyl or any other drug arrive – which is not right to pass illegally and we do our work in our country – but how does it arrive? What happens after the border? Who operates the distribution?” she asked. “Who sells the drugs in the cities of the United States - she continued - that have caused so much tragedy? Where does the money from the sale of that drug go in the United States? How is it that there are weapons in Mexico for the exclusive use of the army” of that country?
She considered that the authorities of the neighboring nation have a lot to do in their own territory and reiterated the willingness of her administration to collaborate, coordinate, meet and work with Washington, but always defending sovereignty.
“Then the decree of the (US) Attorney General's Office is not very well understood (…), we have to wait to see what they propose,” said the dignitary.
On the other hand, she recalled that all agents of any US agency require a permit from Mexico to be in the country, which “is worked on with the security cabinet and there must be coordination, collaboration and joint information.”
In its fight against organized crime, Mexico arrested more than 10 thousand people in the last four months for high-impact crimes, while seizing more than 40 tons of drugs, including 20 million doses of fentanyl, and 4,981 firearms. (Text and photo: PL)
