MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The united state ambassador to Mexico, Ken Salazar, claimed on Wednesday that the nation is not risk-free and slammed the previous head of state for an unsuccessful safety and security plan and contradicting American help.
“The reality is that at the moment Mexico is not safe,” Salazar claimed throughout an interview at his home in Mexico City.
The ambassador slammed previous President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador straight, stating safety and security control in between Mexico and the united state had actually experienced throughout his term.
“Unfortunately this coordination has failed in the last year, in great part because the previous president did not want to receive help from the United States,” he claimed.
Lopez Obrador’s effort to attend to the origin of physical violence, an approach he called “hugs not bullets,” did “not work,” Salazar claimed.
He included he wished that President Claudia Sheinbaum, that took workplace last month, would certainly have better success in battling criminal offense and physical violence by spending a lot more in safety and security.
Sheinbaum, that comes from the very same event as Lopez Obrador, has actually worried that her safety and security plan will certainly comply with very closely that of the previous head of state.
The remarks come as connections in between Lopez Obrador and Salazar have actually ended up being significantly filled in current months, after the ambassador slammed a judicial overhaul being driven by the previous head of state.
It notes a distinctive adjustment from the earlier component of Lopez Obrador’s presidency when both were considered having a close working partnership – a closeness that some united state mediators independently slammed.
Mexico has actually experienced a current wave of physical violence with hundreds eliminated in intra-cartel war in the state of Sinaloa in addition to bloodbaths in various other states such as Queretaro where 10 individuals were eliminated in a bar over the weekend break.
(Reporting by Diego Delgado; Writing by Stephen Eisenhammer; Editing by Sandra Maler)
