November 15, 2024
The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum responded Thursday to the ambassador of the United States, Ken Salazar for his statements against the government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador in security matters.
Sheinbaum accused Salazar of incurring in “disparities and contradictions”, “first he declares one thing and then another”, declared the head of state and added, “Mexico is an independent, sovereign country and there will be no subordination”.
In Sheinbaum’s words, “there is coordination and there will continue to be coordination”, said in response to Salazar’s statement where he affirms that there are obstacles in the anti-narcotics policy in Mexico.
“With the U.S. government we coordinate, we work together, but there is no subordination. It is a different relationship, of equals, between two independent, sovereign countries,” Claudia Sheinbaum asserted.
She also referred to the statements against the judicial reform in Mexico by the U.S. ambassador. “One time he said he thought it was fine and the next week he said it was going to be very bad for Mexico,” she explained.
“There has to be consequence, there has to be logic in the statements one makes,” she went on to confirm that Salazar was summoned by the Mexican Foreign Ministry, after declared that AMLO’s security policy, known as “Abrazos y no Balazos” (Hugs and not Bullets), was a failure. In addition, he also said that in security matters there was a lack of coordination and obstacles on the part of Mexico.
Source: Cuba en Resumen