AMLO demands US apology for report linking him to drug traffickers

The Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), this Thursday demanded an apology from the United States Government for report linking him to the Sinaloa Cartel considering that its author, journalist Tim Golden, is a “mercenary” of the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).

“What I want is for the United States Government to speak out because the president of Mexico “They have moral authority and political authority and, if they don’t have proof, they have to apologize.”, declared the president in his morning conference.

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The Mexican president said Pulitzer Prize winner Golden “they should give the prize to slander” for publishing on Tuesday in the American media ProPublica that the DEA investigated alleged “substantial evidence” that the Sinaloa Cartel He contributed $2 million to his 2006 presidential campaign.

López Obrador accused him of “slandering with impunity” for “making a report without presenting evidence”, but suggested that behind him are those responsible from the United States motivated by the 2024 presidential elections in both countries.

“He is a pawn, a mercenary of journalism, like in Mexico, in the United States and in the world, this has to do with the State Department, because the DEA is not like that in the abstract either. “Don’t they have information at the State Department, the Justice Department?” express.

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The president, accused by the Mexican opposition of being close to the Sinaloa Cartel due to his communication with the mother of Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán and his constant visits to Badiraguato, the organization’s headquarters, warned that the report affects dialogues with Washington on migration and drug trafficking.

“President Biden should know this because how are we going to sit at the table talking about the fight against drugs if they or one of their institutions is leaking information and harming me, not me, but what I represent?argument.

The United States Department of Justice confirmed to the media on Wednesday that the DEA investigation into the 2006 campaign ended 13 years ago, but López Obrador considered this clarification insufficient.

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“Yesterday a journalist asked the Department of Justice and someone stated that the case is closed and that they are not investigating me and that they found nothing, yes, but that is an informal question, and I do not accept that”, mentioned the president. .

Source: Elcomercio

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