The United States government this Thursday came to the defense by indicting 28 members of the Sinaloa cartel despite accusations by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of “infiltrating” the neighboring country to spy on drug traffickers.

According to John Kirby, one of the representatives White Housethe allegations meet the goal set by the United States, Mexico and Canada to put pressure on cartels and drug dealers.

“The President (Joe Biden) had an important discussion in Mexico with President López Obrador and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about the need to continue to put pressure on drug dealers and the cartels and what the Justice Department has done is a step in that direction,” he said, alluding to the commitments of the three presidents at their meeting last January.

“We’re going to keep doing this because it’s important to the safety of the American people,” Kirby warned, not wanting to get into words. Lopez Obrador Monday.

In addition, he added that the US administration will continue contacts with its partners, in particular, with the southern neighbor, “which also suffers from the consequences of these activities and, in some cases, does not prevent cartels in Mexico.”