the Mexican president, Andres Manuel Lopez Obradoraccused this Thursday of “politicking” the governor of Texas (USA), Greg Abbott, for declaring the Mexican drug cartels terrorists.
It would be necessary to see if it is up to him to make that declaration, if it has nothing to do with the federal government, but the elections are in November and they always use immigration for electoral purposes and that is why they take these measures,” denounced the president. Mexican in his daily press conference.
López Obrador referred to the executive order that Abbott, of the Republican party, issued this Wednesday to designate the cartels that traffic fentanyl to Texas as terrorists, in particular the Sinaloa Cartel and the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel (CJNG).
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The American politician also sent a letter to President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harristo demand that he designate them as terrorists in the federal classification.
The Mexican ruler questioned the Texan’s measure and linked it to the anti-immigrant policies he has adopted prior to the November elections, when he is running for re-election.
We have said with great respect that whoever does not treat our countrymen well, I do not think they will have the votes of Mexicans or Hispanics. Things are already changing, we are not going, for example, to allow abuse. All of this is politicking,” said López Obrador.
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The president recalled that “about a month or two months ago, the governor of Texas implemented an operation to check the brakes of trailers at the border”, which generated “large queues, blocked the United States border with Mexico causing a lot of damage to trade.”
For this reason, he accused legislators and rulers in the United States, “even from both parties” of thinking that practices such as “building walls, mistreating migrants and repressing them” will give them votes.
But he argued “that these practices no longer work because in the United States, in Mexico, throughout the world, there is greater awareness.”
People do not let themselves be manipulated and, if the man wants to be re-elected, he should take into account that there in Texas, many Mexicans, many Hispanics and throughout the United States it is no longer seen well that migrants are being mistreated, “he said.
The Government of Mexico and that of Texas have had disagreements this year towards the re-election of Abbott, who is also emerging as a possible presidential candidate in 2024.
The Republican president caused disruption in April by imposing immigration inspections on trailers, which paralyzed trade with Mexican border states, such as Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, Coahuila and Chihuahua.
In addition, Abbott has bused hundreds of migrants in recent months to states that vote Democratic.
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