president of the United States, Donald Trumpthey stated that they were still having “a problem with Mexico And Colombia” in terms of income Drugs From both countries.
This came during an interview with the media on board the ship Air Force One On Friday, November 14, during which Trump highlighted that the entry of drugs had begun diminished His administration worked “very well,” but he accused that the results were not favorable in both Mexico and Colombia.
“We’ve made a lot of progress with Venezuela in terms of stopping the mass entry of drugs. But we have a problem with Mexico, We have a problem With Colombia, I mean the country Colombia. “Eh, we’re doing very well,” he said when asked about it.
It should be noted that Trump has declared on several occasions that the cartels maintain control in Mexico, so they will have an “alliance” with the government.
“These cartels have an alliance with the government of Mexico and are established risk the National security “And the public health of the United States,” he said in a press conference on October 23.
Since the beginning of his administration on January 20, the President of the United States has put pressure on Mexico to combat the coronavirus Cartels And preventing the transfer of drugs to that country.
This prompted the two countries to hold meetings to talk about security, gangs, immigration, and arms and drug smuggling. In addition, Trump implemented tariffs as a measure to accelerate the actions taken by the Mexican government in this matter.
These accusations come after the United States Secretary of State said, Marco RubioHe stated that the Trump government would not send or take troops to Mexico Unilateral decisions In combating drug smuggling.
This was stated in an interview with the media, granted in John C. Monroe International Airport From Hamilton, Canada, after participating in the G7 foreign ministers’ meeting, which was what Rubio said They will maintain their support for Mexico Only if the Mexican government requests it.
“We are ready to give them all the help they need. We will not take unilateral actionNor to send American troops to Mexico. But we can help them with equipment, training, intelligence sharing and all kinds of things if they ask us to.”
Additionally, the official highlighted that Mexico has made progress in stopping the smuggling of fentanyl into the United States and that cooperation has reached “the highest levels in history.”
Marco Rubio also warned that organized crime represents a… Serious threat For the security of countries, because “they are very powerful. The fact that they are not driven by ideology does not mean that they are not terrorists. In many cases they have more weapons, better training, and more intelligence than nation-states.”
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