Now the United States wants to lecture on respect for sovereignty and non-intervention in the elections of other countries.
Department of State demands that AMLO respect the sovereignty of the US –
The US State Department asked President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to respect his country’s autonomy, just as his government has respected Mexico’s.
In a hearing with the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Brian Nichols, Under Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, called for the same treatment from the Mexican government that he has received.
“Just as the United States respects the sovereignty of Mexico, we hope that President López Obrador respects the sovereignty of the United States,” he demanded.
This statement was made in response to Republican Senator Bill Hagerty, who had previously pointed out that the Mexican President “threatened to directly interfere in the elections” in his country.
Last Thursday, López Obrador threatened to call for Mexicans not to vote for the Republican Party, this after legislators proposed intervening with the Armed Forces to end the cartels.
“And if they do not change their attitude and think that they are going to use Mexico for their propaganda, electoral, and political purposes, we are going to call for that party not to be voted for because it is interventionist, inhumane, hypocritical, and corrupt,” he declared.
“FENTANYL IS PRODUCED IN MEXICO”
Undersecretary Nichols also stated that fentanyl is produced in Mexico, thereby contradicting the statements of President López Obrador, who had stated that this drug is not manufactured in the country.
“Mexico receives chemical precursors that come from around the world. These precursors are used to produce fentanyl in Mexico,” declared the undersecretary.
Given this, Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard joined López Obrador’s statement, arguing that
this drug is not manufactured in Mexico.
Ebrard pointed out that the Ministry of National Defense (Sedena), the Navy and the Federal Commission for Protection against Sanitary Risks (Cofepris) have not found evidence of the manufacture of fentanyl in the country.
“What they have informed us is that they make pills (fentanyl) and mix it with other drugs, but we have not found, as far as Cofepris, Sedena and Marina report, in Mexico a laboratory that produces that fentanyl,” he said.
Likewise, the foreign minister ruled that there are no spaces in the country with the capacity to produce this drug.
“What we call laboratories in Mexico are actually very precarious, they do not have the equipment to produce these substances,” he asserted.
In addition, the foreign minister pointed out that Mexico and the United States cannot continue to blame each other for the acts of violence that take place on both sides of the border.
“The problem we have of violence, of the use of weapons, is a problem that, instead of stinging our eyes, we need to solve it together,” he said.
The US State Department asked President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to respect his country’s autonomy, just as his government has respected Mexico’s. In a hearing with the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Brian Nichols, Under Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, called for...
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