“We want the Mexican government help yourselfand also that in the process helps Americans to take these organizations seriously“, Indicated the number two of the White House at a press conference during his first official visit to the southern border.
US officially appointed six Mexican posters, including the Sinaloa and Jalisco Nueva Generación, as terrorist groups At the end of February, a controversial measure that has been qualified as an interference by the Mexican president, Claudia Sheinbaum.
Vance specified before a group of reporters in Eagle Pass (Texas) that the designation will allow the government display the “plenary” powers of the army To ensure the border, but he refused to go into details about what concrete actions the military will carry out.
When asked if Washington considers the Mexican territory to intervene, the vice president replied no. “We have hopes (that Mexico in front of the posters) But if they don’t, then we will obviously see what to do“He said.
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