:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/IGHBSO2HEJBGPMEL7UEXA3AZHQ.jpg "‘It can’t be settled all at once’: Santiago Creel blamed behavior of AMLO and US Congressman")
Santiago CreilChairman of the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Deputies, condemned the type of dialogue that has been established between a republican deputy and the president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO), because this, in addition to not solving any problem, inhibits constructive dialogue to eliminate the common enemy: fentanyl.
In a press conference held in San Lázaro, he also defended by the National Action Party (PAN) said this Tuesday, March 14, that relations between the Mexican federal government and the United States have become strained due to disagreements that exist in strategies to combat organized crime.
In this sense, he pointed out that there is a binational responsibility in the phenomenon of drug consumption, especially in the fentanylbecause the distribution of the raw material, although it begins in Asia, reaches Mexico and from there it jumps to all UNITED STATES (UNITED STATES), so it is the responsibility of both nations to solve it.
“There is no point in attacking or fighting back between Mexican actors (AMLO) and American (And Crenshaw)” referred to the candidate also for the presidency of the PAN; however, he underlined a point that he has in common with Lopez Obrador and it is in no way intended to encourage foreign intervention.
“Of course I am against any intervention in our country, in any way, in any circumstance and by any people (…) There can be no intervention and the sovereignty of Mexico must be respected”
Assuming this is a bi-national problem, Creel Miranda urged the federal governments of both nations to conduct a continental conferenceas both states suffer thousands of deaths, either from overdose or violence.
On the north side of the Rio Grande, Creel recalled that The United States suffers more than 100,000 deaths a year from fentanyl overdosewhile on the south side, more than 30,000 violent deaths are on average each yearwhere the vast majority are linked to criminal groups that sell drugs used in the American union.
“Drug use in the United States encourages, motivates, and gives economic value to organized crime activities in Mexico. If there was no such consumption, organized crime in Mexico would be on another level, of another proportion, and its level of damage would be totally different.”
It was for this reason that he considered this phenomenon extremely important for the two governments to work together to resolve the transfer, sale and consumption of fentanyl, hence he argued that it cannot be treated “as a fight in an alley”. It’s not fixed by blows or disqualifications”.
“This is not the position that the head of the Mexican state should have, nor the position that a representative of the United States Congress should have”
In this regard, it should be recalled that the Foreign Affairs Secretary (ERS) recalled that in April of this year, the US and Mexican security cabinets to hold bilateral meeting in Washingtonin which they will address the urgent need to address the phenomenon of fentanyl trade and consumption.
Moreover, his own Marcelo Ebrardhead of the SRE, recalled that in Mexico there is a strategy consisting of four axes in the fight against fentanyl: i) The tightening of the legal and regulatory framework, ii) The expansion of control and monitoring mechanisms for controlled substances or dual iii) Reinforcement of deployment and surveillance in land, sea and customs ports and on the national territory and iv) Extension of public health services and care for mental disorders.
However, the Mexican government recognizes that this methodology is not sufficient, so the meeting with the american cabinet It is extremely important to devise an effective strategy against drug trafficking in which both countries benefit and sovereignty is not violated.