The United States pressures Mexico for its “lack of will” in the fentanyl crisis

USA press to Mexico before his alleged “unwillingness” to dedicate greater resources to help counteract illegal trafficking of fentanyl to American soil, he assured this Thursday Todd RobinsonUS Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics Affairs.

“To be honest, the challenge we have with Mexico It is their unwillingness to put their resources into this fight and we are pushing for them to do so.“Robinson stated before a subcommittee of the US Senate in which he added that they are working to”convince them” that they must do more to end the drug trafficking of this opiate.

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“The resources on the Mexican side, up to this point, have not been sufficient for the task.“concluded the head of the anti-drug office of the Department of State.

Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid fifty times stronger than morphine and causing the worst drug crisis in the history of USAwhere last year more than 70,000 people died from overdoses of this substance.

Thus, the President’s Administration Joe Biden seeks greater cooperation with Mexico and Chinacountries that are considered exporters of this drug, to stop its flow.

According to the Biden Administration, the Mexican cartels of sinaloa and Jalisco New Generation They produce fentanyl in clandestine laboratories using chemicals and cosmetics that they acquire legally from China and then traffic and distribute it in the United States.

In fact, despite the Mexican president’s repeated denials, Andrés Manuel López Obradorthe head of the US State Department’s anti-drug office said last month in an interview with EFE that “Fentanyl is manufactured in Mexico”.

For its part, Mexico reported several weeks ago that they are developing a monitoring and tracking system that will allow fentanyl chemicals to be detected in Mexican ports and border crossings.

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Additionally, López Obrador said in April that he had contacted his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinpingso that he could be more effectively involved in this issue.

And it is that Beijing has ruled out participating in the global coalition against fentanyl launched in July by the United States Secretary of State, Anthony Blinkenalong with more than 70 countries, Mexico among them.

In this sense, Robinson declared to EFE last month that China “can do a better job” exchanging information about the chemicals it distributes, ensuring correct labeling of these products and monitoring who purchases them.

Source: Elcomercio

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