U.S. Ambassador Ken Salazar has lashed out at Mexico's failure to accept aid in the fight against drug cartels, claiming the country 'closed the doors' on security cooperation. Ambassador Salazar criticized rampant violence, police corruption and the Mexican government's attitude that “there is no problem.
FILE - U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar speaks during a press conference at the new embassy still under construction, in Mexico City , Oct. 29, 2024. lashed out Wednesday at Mexico’s failure to accept aid in the fight against drug cartels, claiming the country “closed the doors” on security cooperation.
“There is a pile of various bodies, with what we have found we have identified five bodies, but some are in pieces, they have been dismembered, there are mentions of seven,” said Mérida.Sinaloa’s embattled governor, Ruben Rocha, Mexico later blamed the United States for detaining the capos, saying that had caused the outbreak of violence. Salazar said Mexico also shut down anti-drug cooperation after that.
“The reality for the Mexican people, and that is for businesspeople, members of the press like you who work on the streets, those who have ranches, like the cattleman killed in Sinaloa over the weekend because he was a leader, they don’t live with security,” Salazar said.
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