US Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazarsaid on Thursday that the Mexican government had indeed cooperated in the investigation against Sinaloa carteldespite the fact that the President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador accused a foreign government of infiltrating without permission and without informing his government.

“The investigation, which was carried out with good results, was carried out all over the world, in China, Guatemala, the USA (…) We also work with the Mexican government. I will not describe the operations in detail.“, Salazar explained at a press conference organized at his home when asked about it.

Lopez Obrador criticized the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). for alleged entry into Mexico to investigate the Sinaloa cartel and indict their leaders, including the four sons of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, of dealing fentanyl and other drugs.

White House press secretary John Kirby defended this Thursday. indictment of 28 members of a criminal group and framed the operation as a US, Canadian and Mexican target against drug traffickers.

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“The president (Joe Biden) had an important discussion in Mexico with President Lopez Obrador. and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the need to continue to put pressure on drug dealers and 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.

Fight against fentanyl traffickingThe synthetic opioid, made in Mexico from chemical precursors sourced primarily from China, has caused much friction between the two countries over the past few months.

“Results are important to me, We know that results are needed for the security of the peoples of the United States and Mexico.. These are not only Mexican networks, they are global and operate in the US,” Salazar said in defense of the investigation.

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In his speech, the US Ambassador stressed his country’s commitment to ending the arms trade in Mexico, which often fall into the hands of organized crime, and the need to stop fentanyl trafficking, which caused nearly 107,000 overdose deaths last year. (EFE)