Mexican officials aren’t even trying to hide the fact that the highest ranks of their federal government is rife with narco-terrorism corruption. That’s not new, but it is rather bold, given that the U.S. Supreme Court will consider a petition to dismiss their frivolous case claiming U.S. firearm manufacturers are responsible for violent crime that’s plagued that country for decades.
If Mexican officials are trying to prove their case, their lawyers’ arguments aren’t matching what their own government is showing the world. Criminal drug cartels – which foment the murderous and illicit drug trade – continue to be comfortably embedded in their government, right up to Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, a protégé of former Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
Mexican President Sheinbaum invited former Mexican Secretary of Defense Salvador Cienfuegos to the stage with her during a military ceremony commemorating the 112th anniversary of Mexico’s Loyalty. This is the same Cienfuegos who was arrested in 2020 by the U.S. Department of Justice for his ties to narco-terrorist drug cartels. He was the highest-ranking Mexican official arrested by U.S. authorities for drug trafficking, which has gone hand-in-hand with illegal firearm smuggling.
By Larry Keane