Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard described this Wednesday as “ungrateful” the criticism that the Mexican government has received from the United States for its alleged lack of cooperation in the fight against fentanyl, since it assured that it has confiscated more than that country and has even suffered 75 casualties of police elements in this strategy.
It is ungrateful, to say the least, that some popular representatives (of the United States), who are campaigning, say that Mexico does nothing or does not do enough when we seize more fentanyl than they do,” Ebrard said during a brief meeting. with the media after participating in the STS Forum Latin America and the Caribbean.
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The official stressed that Mexico has seized six and a half tons of fentanylwhich has prevented this substance from reaching the US market.
It is therefore, that the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE) announced that they will start 692 meetings throughout the American Union to publicize the efforts being made in Mexico.
Ebrard mentioned that this line of action is given along with Mexico’s interest in preventing the consumption of this drug from growing, as well as being part of the commitments reached between the Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and the American Joe Biden. .
This morning, the Mexican president criticized the lack of action by the US government in the fight against fentanyl and said that it is “easy for them to blame Mexico” for the trafficking of this product in US territory.
Ebrard announced that a binational information campaign will also be launched to warn about the consumption of this substance.as well as others that use fentanyl to hook more citizens in both nations.
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