Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has about six months left in his term. In the meantime, he will continue to alienate the United States and favor his homegrown terrorist cartels.
Mr. Obrador said Friday that he would not fight Mexican drug cartels at the request of the U.S. government, suggesting that doing so would go against his “Mexico First” policy.
The announcement and its accompanying ominous innuendo came just weeks after President Obrador emphasized his expectations from the United States in exchange for Mexico’s cooperation in relieving the border crisis.
Mexico’s fault, America’s problem
according to According to the National Center for Drug Abuse Statistics, drug overdose deaths are up 30% from the previous year. There are more than 96,700 fatal drug overdoses each year, 72% of which are due to opioids.
Much of the deadly opioid supply comes from Mexico. Mexican cartels manufacture and smuggle drugs across the porous U.S.-Mexico border, often using precursors provided by communist China.
Nevertheless, Mr. Obrador suggested Friday that drugs are a problem unique to the United States, not Mexico.
report Associated Press.
The leftist president has repeatedly emphasized that the problem is demand, not supply.
last year obrador
was suggested The fentanyl crisis was caused by a ‘lack of hugs and cuddles’.
“There is a lot of family disintegration, there is widespread individualism, there is a lack of love, brotherhood, hugs and embraces,” Obrador said. “So they [U.S. officials] Funds should be put into addressing the causes. ”
After shifting blame again for the opioid crisis, Obrador
Said “We do not intend to act as police officers for any foreign government,” he said in an interview Friday on CBS News’ “60 Minutes.”
“Mexico comes first. Our home comes first,” Obrador said.
The outgoing president added: “Of course we’re going to help fight drugs, especially because drugs have become a very sensitive and very sad humanitarian issue, with fentanyl killing a lot of people in the United States.” he added.
While Mr. Obrador has offered a nationalistic rationale for not supporting the United States’ efforts against cartels, there may be less noble reasons for failing to tackle criminal elements at home.
cartel link
new york times
report Last month, U.S. law enforcement officials were investigating allegations that members of Obrador’s administration met with drug cartels and took millions of dollars from them, an allegation the leftist president called “completely false.” It is claimed that.
It has long been understood that cartels have penetrated the Mexican state, but it is unclear how widespread corruption is. One informant told U.S. investigators that close associates of Mr. Obrador met with Ismael Zambada García, a senior member of the Sinaloa drug cartel, before Mexico’s presidential victory in 2018.
Another informant told investigators that after Mr. Obrador’s election, Zetas cartel financiers handed over $4 million to allies of the left-wing president in hopes of getting him released.
One source claimed to have video of the president’s son picking up drug money.
There were other suspicions such as
be familiar with ProPublica reported that drug traffickers poured millions of dollars into Mr. Obrador’s first campaign in return for turning a blind eye to their activities during his time in power.Coincidentally Obrador ran a campaign He has taken a “hugs, not bullets” approach to the drug war and has insisted on not “demonizing” cartels.
blackmail
Earlier this month, the New York Times
report Obrador said he expects the Biden administration to grant legal status to at least 5 million undocumented immigrants from Mexico currently residing in the U.S., adding that Obrador’s request is for those who have flouted U.S. immigration law. It was not just a pardon.
Obrador also hopes the Biden administration will lift sanctions on Venezuela, lift the blockade on Cuba and pump $20 billion into Latin America and the Caribbean each year.
The Mexican government announced last week that it would refuse to accept deportees from Texas, but has demonstrated in recent months that it can stem the flow of illegal immigrants northward.
CBS News
report Biden called on Mexico to contain the flow of migrants after more than 250,000 illegal immigrants crossed the U.S.-Mexico border in December. Mexico imposed temporary obligations on the U.S. government and succeeded in reducing the number of border crossings by 50%.
Obrador told “60 Minutes” that Mexico achieved this reduction by being “more cautious” about its southern border and by asking the Cuban and Venezuelan regimes to help curb the flow of migrants. Ta.
Mexico has also reportedly stepped up border patrols, deporting migrants and airlifting others to the south of the country. These efforts were clearly short-lived, as the number of border crossings has recently begun to spike significantly again.
Asked what would happen if things don’t go his way, Obrador told 60 Minutes: “The flow of migrants will continue.”
In addition to threatening to continue illegally exporting migrants to the United States, Obrador also echoed former President Donald Trump’s threats to close the border and complete the border wall, which is currently supported by a majority of Americans. argued that it was tantamount to “because we need Mexico” bluff.
Some U.S. lawmakers were uneasy about Mr. Obrador’s threats.
Congressman Tom Tiffany (R-Wis.)
I have written“Mexico’s corrupt leaders are not our friends.”
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.)
tweeted“This is a war. He’s basically saying we either comply with his demands or the invasion continues.”
Voters will soon have a chance to test Mr. Obrador’s theory on whether President Trump is bluffing about building a border wall.Trump too
pondered Obrador is doing something it appears he doesn’t want to do: use military force to bring the cartel to ashes.
Trump is not the only Republican to call for the eradication of Mexican drug traffickers with extreme prejudice.
Rep. Mike Walz (R-Fla.) and Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) last year passed a resolution that would “authorize the use of the U.S. military against persons responsible for trafficking fentanyl or fentanyl-related substances into the United States.” submitted. or carry out any other related activities that cause regional instability in the Western Hemisphere. ”
This resolution has not been able to advance in the Democratic-controlled Congress until now.
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