During his participation in the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) this Sunday, February 22 and without giving more details or motif Chinese vessels with precursors arrive for the manufacture of fentanil.
“A few weeks ago I imposed a 10 % tariff on all products from China because they are sending fentanil to our country through Mexico. By the way, I am not happy with Mexico, nor with Canada,” he said.
These statements are given a few days that Trump himself praises the work of President Claudia Sheinbaum in the fight against drug and weapons trafficking. In addition to the designation of five Mexican cartels as terrorists, including the Sinaloa Cartel and the Jalisco Nueva Generación cartel.
Sheinbaum highlights Trump praise
Almost at the same time, this Sunday, President Claudia Sheinbaum stressed that the former president of the United States, Donald Trump, praised the Mexican government campaign to reduce drug use, especially fentanyl. He stressed that even the United States plans to “copy” this strategy.
Tour of Guadalupe Victoria, Durango where he presented the program Women’s Welfare PensionSheinbaum recalled that he has held telephone conversations with the US president, Donald Trump.
He said that in the second conversation, Trump questioned Sheinbaum if there was drug use in Mexico, so the president replied that this was not greater than that of the United States and that to discourage addiction, a strong campaign was undertaken.
“So that young people do not approach violence or drugs and that was when (Trump) told me: Well, we are going to copy the Mexicans, we are going to campaign against drugs,” he said.
Sheinbaum said a drug campaign would be useless if Mexicans did not have values and principles. He stressed that even those who work in the United States continue to take care of their families.
He also said that in all his conversations with Donald Trump he has defended the sovereignty of Mexico. He recalled that the former Republican president publicly recognized that the country is fulfilling its part in the fight against drugs.
President Claudia Sheinbaum also assured that today Mexico is a model of government to follow and criticized that former presidents of the neoliberal period have sought to copy foreign government models, such as that of the United States.
