Sheinbaum A Trump: To combat cartels they start for your country

Alonso Urrutia and Alma Muñoz

La Jornada newspaper
Saturday, February 8, 2025, p. 3

The decree issued by the United States Attorney General announcing the Total elimination of cartels From the drug it is unclear in its scope, said President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, who stressed that they should start with your country.

Questioned: What happens after the border? Who operates the distribution of the drug? Who sells the drug in the cities of the United States, which have caused so much tragedy? Where is the money for the sale of that drug in the United States?

During his morning conference, he also confirmed that even when her American counterpart, Donald Trump, did not include it in the notification of the telephone conversation, illegal arms trafficking to Mexico was an issue that she raised on that occasion. He was in the conversation and I am sure that he will be part of the talks, and of joint collaboration and coordinationsaid.

– Can you expand a little more about what it really did?

– I mentioned in the call this topic. He knew him little really. I said: Let’s see, how is it possible that a launcher, which is for the exclusive use of the United States Army, is seized in Mexico to a group of organized crime?

Later, he complemented his answer expressing his doubts about who they sell armament to organized crime in Mexico.

Sheinbaum alluded to the complaints that Mexico has filed before the US judicial instances, one of which remains at the level of the courts, but another climbed to the Court, specifying that one of the resources is against the distributors and another against the manufacturers.

He considered that preventing this illegal arms trafficking is something that suits both parties, so it requires collaboration and coordinated work to prevent the drug from arriving in the United States and weapons to Mexico. “They must be very interested, it is not an issue that: ‘Oh, let’s see, you tell me that fentanil, I tell you that weapons.’ No, it’s not that, we both agree that we have to fight violence, drug trafficking and arms trafficking. ”

When referring to the decree of the US Prosecutor’s Office, he expressed his doubts about the scope of the same: It is not understood very well, it is a general decree with mentions. But what will it be translated? We must wait to see what they pose, what will it be translated.

In another order, he dismissed again the possibility of an increase in elements of the US anti -drug agency (DEA), because in his case that requires the guarantee of the Mexican government.

He referred to the number of migrants who have been deported to Mexico: from January 20 to date there are 10 thousand 964 people, 8,425 Mexicans and 2,539 of other nationalities.

He commented that for the transfer of people from other nationalities, aircraft have already left Honduras (on Thursday the last one) although there is also a land transfer, specifying, he said, they are returns Always volunteers.