The White House explained this Tuesday that the US delegation that met with the Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, promised to stop arms trafficking towards the Latin American country, in addition to pursuing the fentanyl.
Elizabeth Sherwood-Randallone of the advisers of National security of the president of the United States, Joe Biden, made his fourth official visit to Mexico on Monday to meet with López Obrador and the top staff of the Mexican government to discuss fentanyl trafficking and the immigration crisis on the border.
Both countries agreed on the need to “continue joint efforts” to “combat drug traffickers, interrupt the supply of chemicals used to manufacture fentanyl and prevent trafficking in this deadly drug,” reported the White House it’s a statement.
In addition, the United States and Mexico recognized that “locating, stopping, and dismantling firearms trafficking networks is essential” to combat drug trafficking.
We are committed to addressing firearms trafficking that contributes to violence on both sides of our border.”
the US presidential office said.
As for the migration crisis, both countries agreed to “further expand the availability of legal pathways” for migrants in the region and jointly promote “the development” of Central America, but also to maintain strong restrictions against irregular border crossings.
After the meeting, López Obrador himself said on social networks that it was a “very productive” meeting.
We deal with the immigration issue with a focus on respect for human rights and cooperation for the development of peoples, as well as the fight against fentanyl and arms trafficking,”
said the Mexican president.
Tensions between Mexico and the United States over immigration, security, and drug and arms trafficking issues have escalated in recent months, to the point that they were one of the main issues that López Obrador and Biden addressed at the North American Leaders Summit held in the Mexican capital last January.
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