AMLO calls for a truce between China and the United States over the fentanyl crisis

The Mexican President, Andres Manuel Lopez Obradorrequested this Wednesday a truce between China and USA to address the fentanyl crisis amid the exchange of accusations and sanctions from these governments.

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“We are in this case of fentanyl proposing that there be a kind of truce and that they think about those who lose their lives, that they think about humanitarian issues, and I believe that an agreement can be reached on this, regardless of the issue ideological and policy”he expressed in his daily press conference.

The president made these statements after his meeting on Tuesday with the National Security adviser of the White House, Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, who has visited Mexico three times in less than three months in the middle of the discussions of both countries for the migration and the fentanyl.

“There is a very good attitude on the part of the Government of ChinaYou know that we have been asking the Government of China for collaboration because the raw material for fentanyl and other precursors come from Asia”said López Obrador.

The president had claimed on May 5 that he had proof of the illegal trafficking of fentanyl from China after the Navy found a shipment of more than 20 tons from the Chinese port of Qingdao that was hiding fentanyl and methamphetamines.

but so much Mexico as China They have denied that it occurs fentanyl in their territories, as maintained by the United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA).

“We don’t want to blame anyone, nothing is gained from the confrontation, especially when a humanitarian issue is involved because this has nothing to do with ideology, with political differences, they are losing their lives 100,000 people each year in the United States”he added now.

Lopez Obrador He indicated that he will ask other Asian countries to get involved in the fight against this synthetic drug.

“Not just to Chinabut to South Korea and other countries, we are going to ask that they inform us of who acquires these chemicals, where they are going, where they come from, where they are going to arrive, to which ports, cooperation, and in that we are going with the Government of China”, he pointed.

On the other hand, he defended the advances of Mexico in the control of fentanyl in the face of increasing pressure from USAwhere Republican legislators ask to declare war on the Mexican cartels and designate them as terrorists.

“Progress is being made, for example progress is being made in port control, the Marine Secretary is doing a very effective job of confiscate”he insisted.

Source: Elcomercio

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