Alonso Urrutia and Emir Olivares
The newspaper La Jornada
Tuesday, August 20, 2024, p. 8
Although he insisted that much information is needed from the US government about the transfer and capture of drug traffickers Ismael The May Zambada and Joaquin Guzman Lopez, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador ruled out seeking his counterpart Joe Biden to discuss the issue, because in politics you have to manage the times
However, he noted that efforts will be made to resolve this dispute before Claudia Sheinbaum takes office.
He said the United States has the right to reach agreements with alleged criminals to turn them into protected witnesses in exchange for information. It is a practice they have to negotiate with defendants or those awaiting sentencing, although he warned that Everything must be proven because, if not, a foreign government uses this mechanism to subjugate and blackmail another government, and that is interference, that is a violation of the sovereignty of peoples and nations.
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López Obrador confirmed that two murders were committed in Sinaloa of people allegedly linked to The Mayalthough the Attorney General’s Office, which took over the case, is investigating, and has expressed its hope that the aftermath of the arrest of the drug traffickers and everything surrounding it does not lead to an escalation of violence.
So far, there has not been a violent dispute in Sinaloa, as in Guanajuato, or what is happening in Chiapas and Zacatecas. This does not mean that there have not been deaths, so he called for peace to be maintained, for people to be considered and for violence not to escalate.
Given the lack of information from the United States government on the Zambada case, he said that it is still unknown how the aircraft arrived in the neighboring country: How do two people and a pilot get to US territory? Are they waiting for them there? But we have to see if the DEA, the CIA, the FBI, who, how did they notify them? Of course, since they have already accepted it, it is part of an agreement, yes, but what happened to the pilot? Where was the pilot from? Where is the pilot?
–Have you not spoken to the ambassador?
–No, not now. I sent a letter to President Biden regarding the funding from the United States government (to Mexicans Against Corruption). The relationship with him is good, but we have to make it very clear that we must respect each other.
–Will you not look for Biden for the case of The May?
–No, because the prosecutor’s office is reviewing it with the Department of Justice. We’ll wait.
–Isn’t it appropriate for this to be settled before the new president takes office?
–Yes. If we have time, we will do it, but politics, among other things, is about time, time management.
