WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (Reuters) – The President Joe Biden hopes to focus on the flow of fentanyl into the United States during a meeting in Mexico City with the leaders of Mexico and Canada next week, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters at the White House on Friday.
Biden’s agenda in Mexico City includes discussion of supply chains, fentanylclimate change, immigration and drug cartels, Kirby said.
When asked about specific steps the United States would like Mexico to take to stop the production and smuggling of fentanyl, Kirby said he did not want to get ahead of the summit. “They’re going to talk a lot about this,” he said.
The recent arrest of the leader drug trafficker Ovidio Guzmán “It’s not an insignificant achievement by the Mexican authorities,” Kirby said.
“It’s not that we haven’t had some success. I mean 20,000 pounds is a lot,” he said, referring to the amount of drugs that US customs authorities have seized since last August. “But (the drug) keeps coming,” he added. (Reporting by Jeff Mason. Editing in Spanish by Javier López de Lérida and Marion Giraldo)
