Ex-Trump Attorney Says AMLO Is an “Aidist” of the Cartels
- March 6, 2023
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This was stated by former US Attorney General William Barr. that, given the inaction of the Mexican government in the fight against drug cartels, it is time The
This was stated by former US Attorney General William Barr. that, given the inaction of the Mexican government in the fight against drug cartels, it is time The United States intervenes.
“Necessary American leadership help Mexico break free from drug cartels,” Barr said in an article in an American newspaper. Wall Street magazine Published March 2.
In addition, in a proposal that sparked controversy due to the nationwide discussion that took place after the accusation of former Public Safety Minister Genaro Garcia Luna, Barr said that the only president who has forcibly prosecuted drug cartels is the former president. the president Felipe CalderoNoMeanwhile he Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador He “the cartel’s chief negotiator“.
The former prosecutor convincingly argued that the drug epidemic in the United States was out of control. This drug epidemic has left more than 100 thousand deaths for an overdose per year and hits the economy hard, affecting 5% of gross domestic product (GDP).
Barr argues that in the absence of decisive action by the Mexican state international law permits the intervention of another state when the country in which the damage is commemorated “does not want or cannot» put an end to acts of ‘predation against one’s neighbors’. Even if it happens without the approval of the host country.
Barr’s speech reinforces the debate that has unfolded since the January 12 speech by the Republican representative from Texas. Dan Crenshaw And Michael Waltz Florida took the initiative to approve US military use in Mexico to fight the Mexican drug cartels.
Thus, William Barr argued that in order to put an end to the drug cartels in Mexico, especially in Sinaloa and Jalisco, it is necessary most aggressive efforts United States, which includes US law enforcement and the Special Intelligence Presence.
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However, he said that this fight should be seen first and foremost in terms of what it is “national security issue” and not in terms of what it is for law enforcement, well, it’s not enough to call them terrorists, but the question is to fight them as if they were.
To which the former US Attorney General wrote that “Mexican drug-terrorist groups they look more like Isis than the American mafia… so the real question is whether we are ready to go after them in the same way that we would go after a terrorist group.”
Finally, Barr argued that it was not about creating an “ideal Mexico” in which a nation would be built, but that this military operation on Mexican territory would be carried out for “demote mexican cartels to the point where Mexico can already keep them under control.”
In recent weeks, Republicans have stepped up the discourse on narcoterrorism. On February 8, 21 state attorneys general asked President Joe Biden to use his powers to declare Mexican drug cartels terrorist organizations.
These statements came in part after it became known that the number of overdose deaths in the United States was on the rise. Journalist Jesús Esquivel, mentioned in Living Aristegui that in 2022 there were deaths every 24 hours 292 people due to overdose for drugs, representing an increase of 18 people per hour compared to 2021.
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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