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The United States is putting pressure on Mexico, given its perceived “unwillingness” to commit more resources to aid. countering the illegal trafficking of fentanyl into the United StatesTodd
The United States is putting pressure on Mexico, given its perceived “unwillingness” to commit more resources to aid. countering the illegal trafficking of fentanyl into the United StatesTodd Robinson, Assistant Secretary of State for International Drug Enforcement Affairs in the United States, assured this Thursday.
“Honestly, the problem we have with Mexico is their unwillingness to put their resources into this fight, and we encourage them to do so,” Robinson told a U.S. Senate subcommittee, adding that they are working to “ convince them. , about what they must do more to combat the trade in this opioid.
“Resources on the Mexican side are still not enough for the task“Concluded the head of the anti-drug department of the State Department.
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Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid fifty times stronger than morphine and the cause of the worst drug crisis in US history, where more than 70,000 people died from drug overdoses last year.
Thus, the presidential administration Joe Biden seeks closer cooperation with Mexico and Chinacountries that he considers exporters of this drug, stop its flow.
According to the Biden government, the Mexican Sinaloa and Jalisco Nueva Generacion cartels produce fentanyl in clandestine laboratories through chemicals and cosmetics that they legally purchase from China and then ship and distribute within the United States.
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In fact, despite repeated denials by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the head of the U.S. State Department’s anti-drug agency said last month in an interview with EFE that “Fentanyl is made in Mexico.”
For their part, Mexico reported a few weeks ago that they were developing a monitoring and control system that would allow detect fentanyl chemicals at Mexican ports and border crossings.
In addition, López Obrador stated in April that contacted his Chinese colleagueXi Jinping needs to deal with this issue more effectively.
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And this is what Beijing ruled out participate in the global coalition against fentanyl launched in July by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken along with more than 70 countries, including Mexico.
In that sense, Robinson told EFE last month that China “could do a better job” of sharing information about the chemicals it distributes, assuring properly labeling these products and controlling who buys them.
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According to EFE
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