Lopez Obrador wants the same thing from Biden as Mexican leaders have demanded for the past half a century – to reduce the voracious American demand for Mexican-made drugs that has created the multibillion-dollar black market economy in the first place.
President Joe Biden unveiled new steps aimed at stemming historic migration as he plans to visit El Paso, Texas.Biden heads to Mexico City this week for meeting with Mexican president, fentanyl on the agendaAnalysts say Biden needs to push far more aggressively for action by Mexico on drugs and corruption.
, according to Maltz, the special agent in charge of DEA's Special Operations Division for almost 10 years before his 2014 retirement. ."But in my opinion, unless it's sustained attacks against the cartel leadership and the production labs, it's not going to make a difference. Meanwhile, we have 9,000 Americans dying every month."'No secret' what both sides want
On Friday, White House spokesman John Kirby said Mexico already has taken"significant steps" to crack down on fentanyl traffickers and referenced Guzman's arrest."That is not an insignificant accomplishment by Mexican authorities, and we're certainly grateful for that," Kirby told reporters."So we're going to continue to work with them in lockstep to see what we can do jointly to try to limit that flow.
“You can’t just focus on the cartels and the criminality," Luna added."To make greater progress, with greater results, you need to be fighting the enabling corruption and organized crime that is helping to fuel the insecurity and cartel violence in Mexico."The U.S.-Mexico security relationship became even more strained after U.S. drug enforcement agents arrested the former Mexican defense minister, retired Gen.
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