[BB] Sheinbaum was responding to a series of comments made by Trump during his announcement of the Shield of the Americas Summit, a multinational approach aimed at stopping the cartel threat. As Breitbart Texas’s Bob Price reported, during his announcement of the summit, Trump said that Mexico is the epicenter of cartel violence and most of the drugs flow through that country. During his speech, Trump mocked Sheinbaum, claiming that when he had offered to use the U.S. military to eliminate cartels, she had whined: “No, no, no, Mr. President.”
Sheinbaum claimed that Mexico has been working with the United States to share intelligence, but will not allow foreign forces to operate within her country.
During her morning news conference, Sheinbaum said that if they really wanted to help, the United States government should be concerned about stopping the flow of illegal guns headed south into Mexico. She claimed that 75 percent of the weapons used by cartels come from the United States and that they have done little to stop the flow.
“If they stop the trafficking of arms, then these criminal organizations won’t have the weapons to do their criminal activities,” she claimed. In her previous statements on the matter, Sheinbaum has failed to mention that Mexico has a federal agency tasked with controlling the ports of entry into her country that could be stopping the flow of guns.
The Mexican president further blamed the problem on the U.S. consumer of drugs, claiming that if there was no demand, there would be no cartels.
| No demand anywhere — the cartels supply Britain and Europe as well as America. |
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