The White House boasted that it maintains constant pressure on Mexico to combat drug trafficking.
The above through its spokesperson, Karoline Leavitt, who was questioned this Tuesday about the murder of the mayor of UruapanCarlos Manzo, and this situation would not cause some dissatisfaction from Trump with the actions of President Claudia Sheinbaum.
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“I can’t speak for her or what she does internally in her country, but I can speak for the President by saying that we are continually pressuring Mexico to do more to combat drug trafficking and cartels within her country (…) *and the President has used all of his executive options to combat drug trafficking on our southern border,” said Leavitt, White House spokesperson.
In addition to this, He stressed that collaboration is maintained with the Mexican authorities as much as possible in the matter.
On the other hand, he also condemned any type of political violence, both in Mexico and in other countries.
Leavitt’s statements come after days in which, from the US president, as well as his security and foreign officials They have insisted on offering help to Mexico to combat drug traffickingand that the Armed Forces of that country attacked a flotilla of alleged “narco boats” in international waters near Mexico, despite the fact that there is a cooperation agreement for the Mexican authorities to stop them.