The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, said she does not agree or accept the sayings of her American counterpart, Donald Trump, that the Latin American country is directed by drug cartels.
The Mexican president, Claudia Sheinbaum, rejected on Wednesday the statements of the president of the United States, Donald Trump, that Mexico is largely directed by drug cartels.
“We do not agree, I said it since the White House took its statement (…) I made a video. We recorded that we do not accept that assertion, ”said the president of Mexico at her usual morning conference.
It was Tuesday when President Donald Trump at a press conference in Florida when questioned by the CIA drones flights He said that although he has “a good relationship with Mexico,” he considered that “Mexico is largely directed by the posters, and that is something sad to say.”
Sheinbaum mentioned that this is why Mexico has the obligation to seek an agreement with Washington in the framework of the principles that do not violate national sovereignty.
And after the US chain of CNN He reported that the CIA Intelligence Agency has highlighted, the president of Mexico explained that “there is nothing illegal.”
The ships that have been flying over in the limits of the Mexican territory are coordination and cooperation, said the president. At the same time, he questioned that this information has arisen mainly from the medium New York Times.
“These flights are part of coordination, collaborations that have been made for many years between the United States government and the Government of Mexico,” he said.
The Mexican president said that he defends the drug posters or organized crime. “That there is no confusion, what we defend is sovereignty, they can call him as they want, so if that decree has to do with extraterritorial actions we do not accept them.”
He added that what are being evaluated are additional issues in legal matters to prevent the United States or research agencies from violating sovereignty.
“We are evaluating and valuing additional issues for protection of our sovereignty, what cannot be allowed is that they do activities beyond (…) In our legal framework we have to strengthen our sovereignty,” he said.
In the same press conference, Admiral Raymundo Pedro Morales, who serves as Secretary of the Navy of Mexico, said that the United States is looking for experiences to trace where the substances that could be diverted to the production of drugs such as fentanyl.
Morales said that tactics has allowed some arrests, disabled companies and have extradited a person to the United States.
“The United States is looking for us to share those experiences because they don't have that traceability,” he said.
Recognizes president decrease in border encounters
After registering a decrease in meetings with irregular migrants on the southern border of the United States, the president of Mexico recognized these statistics.
“Today the meetings are at their lowest level in recent history,” said President Claudia Sheinbaum.
The decrease was attributed to the disappearance of the CBP One application as well as the migratory policies implemented by President Donald Trump.