[News] López Obrador says that Mexico is safer than the United States

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The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, assured this Monday that his country is “safer” than the United States, despite the recent kidnapping of four citizens of that country, two of whom died in captivity.

"Mexico is safer than the United States and there is no problem to travel through Mexico safely," López Obrador said during his usual press conference.

The leftist president made the comparison when questioned about warnings from Washington for Americans to avoid traveling or exercise extreme caution in 30 of the 32 Mexican states.

"Why this paranoia?" Launched the president, who took the opportunity to once again reject the idea of US congressmen that the Army of their country fight drug traffickers wherever they are.

“It is a campaign against Mexico by the conservative politicians of the United States,” said the president, who last Friday branded those legislators as “wimps” and accused them of engaging in “politicking” in the face of the 2024 US presidential elections. .

López Obrador received a group of US congressmen and the US ambassador to Mexico, Ken Salazar, on Monday to explain his efforts against trafficking in fentanyl - a highly lethal opiate - and address bilateral trade disputes.

The group of eight legislators, led by Missouri Republican Congressman Jason Smith, was made up of five other representatives of that party and two Democrats, the presidency said in a statement.

“We are partners (...) forever. Sometimes there are concerns, disagreements, but we know that we are united," Salazar told reporters after the meeting.

At the meeting, López Obrador explained the "work that Mexico has been doing, especially in terms of fentanyl," said Roberto Velasco, representative of the Mexican Foreign Ministry.

The Secretary of Economy, Raquel Buenrostro, and the Undersecretary of Finance, Gabriel Yorio, also participated in the meeting where the effort "to maintain and expand" bilateral trade was highlighted, added the presidency.

 

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