Sheinbaum: El Mayo’s arrest does not justify the means

Alma E. Muñoz and Alonso Urrutia

La Jornada Newspaper
Thursday, October 31, 2024, p. 15

Before the strangeness of the United States ambassador to Mexico, Ken Salazar, because both nations are not celebrating the victory of having the co-founder of the Sinaloa cartel Ismael in custody May Zambada, President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo responded that the end does not justify the means.

Us We will always ask Mexico for respect, equal conditions and compliance with national and international standards in the event of arrests. There are ways for thatheld.

He stated: Not because they arrested a drug trafficker, you don’t see the way he was stopped. In general, when we talk about respect for human rights, the rule of law, sovereignty, that is, the way you do things, it also has a background, it is not only the end..

In the morning of the town he reported that the issue was discussed in the security cabinet, and supported the reproach that the Attorney General of the Republic, Alejandro Gertz Manero, made to the United States government for not providing Mexico with all the information it has in his power over the case.

“The way things are done also has a background, it is not only the end… It is not the detention per sebut how it was done, and in the bilateral relationship, and in general, in our country, take this particularly into account.”

Well, the president added, Some media outlets say that the end justifies the means, and I’m not saying that for the ambassador, because I respect him, but I’m saying it in terms of the phrase. I believe, and for that, institutions have been created, a Constitution, the means are as important as the end.

Gertz Manero’s posture

The president highlighted that yesterday, Gertz Manero was very clear in establishing a position, “because it is also the Attorney General’s Office that is investigating this case. (In the cabinet) we commented that there is a phrase that says: ‘The end does not justify the means.’” He also recalled that there is communication between Foreign Minister Juan Ramón de la Fuente and the United States ambassador. There are meetings, there are topicsheld.

To an express question, he said that the same rules will be maintained for the operation of agencies in the territory, as in the case of the DEA.

On the insistence of PAN senator Marko Cortés to classify the crime of narcoterrorism so that international aid can be requested, he pointed out that, although the leader of the blue and white fight with former president Felipe Calderón, “in reality they have the same position in terms of security, which is the war against the narco and intervention.”

Us We are going to coordinate with the United States, but one thing is to coordinate at the highest level required on common issues, and another thing is to be subordinate. Mexico is a free, sovereign, independent country; That’s in our Constitution.he mentioned.