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Wednesday, July 13, 2022

Joint US-Mexico Task Force on Fentanyl Trafficking Planned During Biden/AMLO Meeting

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Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) met with President Biden at the White House.

On July 12 President Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) met at the White House to discuss a plethora of topics from migration to trade and manufacturing and climate change emissions. Drugs, particularly fentanyl, trafficking, and border security were also on the agenda. In a joint statement, the pair confirmed they would see the creation of a new “U.S.-Mexico operational task force to disrupt the flow of fentanyl between their respective countries”.

The rise of fentanyl has had deeply damaging effects, particularly in the US as they face a growing opioid crisis. Last year the US saw a record number of overdose deaths, 107,000, with the majority being the result of a fentanyl overdose. Fentanyl is a particularly strong form of synthetic opioid, which is often within, unknown to consumers, other opioids.

Fentanyl precursors are primarily sent from China, and increasingly India, to Mexico where drug trafficking groups make fentanyl often in clandestine factories. Mexico saw one of the largest fentanyl busts ever last week when over a half-ton of fentanyl was seized in a warehouse in Culiacán, Sinaloa.

The nature and operational action of this fentanyl task force are still unknown. Undoubtedly, the fentanyl crisis is deeply damaging. However, will a doubling down on drug-war rhetoric and action, attempting to dismantle the drug supply chains and criminalize users, be an effective strategy?

Portions of the Official Joint Statement

Through the Bicentennial Framework for Security, Public Health, and Safe Communities, we reaffirmed our commitment to work together to address major security issues affecting our nations, including the challenges of fentanyl, arms trafficking, and human smuggling, and to reduce levels of drug abuse and addiction. We committed to deepening our cooperation to combat transnational criminal organizations that foment violence in both our countries. We reaffirmed the robust operational efforts between law enforcement agencies to address these paramount security efforts. We pledged to establish a U.S.-Mexico operational task force to disrupt the flow of fentanyl into our countries.  

The tragic deaths of migrants at the hands of human smugglers in San Antonio further strengthen our determination to go after the multi-billion-dollar criminal smuggling industry preying on migrants and increase our efforts to address the root causes of migration. The Departments of Justice and Homeland Security and Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office have coordinated to arrest and prosecute those who endanger the lives of vulnerable migrants, including through the work of Joint Task Force Alpha and its Mexican partners. This year our countries will celebrate 200 years of formal diplomatic relations. As neighbors, friends, and family, we are united as two nations that share one future. 

Sources White House, Atlas News

46 comments:

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    1. thats correct

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    2. Chinaloas traffickers are not only the biggest snitches of all time but also the largest producers of Meth and Fentanyl.

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    3. According to DOJ both Sinaloa cartel and CJNG are the main traffickers of fentanyl to the north. With those ridiculous profit margins there’s no way little man mencho would pass on that type of scratch

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    4. 12:58 maybe but Menchos a lot stronger then Chapitos so they are the path of least resistance

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    5. The Chapitos defeated the government they stronger than mencho

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    6. @3:44 look up articles from 5-1-15 on this site and think about what you wrote

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    7. @3:44 your on glue Chapitos can't and wont mess with Mencho

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  2. Glad they finally met up.
    Lopez Obrador president of Mexico, has been put on the spot on what's going on with fentanyl overdose's.
    Since he does not want DEA in Mexico, now he has to get off his high horse and act.

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    1. DEA wasnt very useful either...

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    2. @1124 hrs.: They’re never useful.

      M.F.

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    3. 12:02 dont get it personal... But DEA should focus on their side of the border. Dont see a valid reason to operate outside of their boundaries... Unless the other countries could do the same. Keep trying your best. :)

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    4. @1422 hrs.: I’ll take it personally if I choose. Taxpayer money funds those nitwits, and they’re not exactly paragons of virtue.

      Keep trying YOUR best.

      M.F.

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    5. "i Pay taxes, i can think however i want" - a MF that takes everything personal because shes a tax payer... I know this was your best, Karen. :(

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    6. 607 are you slow or a child? Your 1st and last comment makes no sense.

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    7. @1807 hrs.: You better believe I can, cupcake. Your "best" is a fresh deposit in the commode. And your corybantic crying about "Karens" actually fits the definition of a "Karen," clown.

      Loser.

      M.F.

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    8. Any of your comments makes no sense, at all... hard to believe anything from someone who thinks that paying taxes gives extraordinary powers, Karen that feels as an empowered woman.... keep whining please!!!!

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    9. @1007 hrs.: Clown, I can say what I please—being a taxpayer is irrelevant to that. Your English skills suck—along with your worldviews. You can have the last word (since you insist upon it), you little pissant.

      M.F.

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    10. karen blaming Mexico, a typical fat lady whining about anything, common thing :(

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    11. awwww, a typical karen whining about my english..... :( consider you used "tax payers" as an "argument", your own words, Karen. You talking about worldviews... that's funny... please keep whining about Mexico! ☺

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  3. If the US is given a free rein to do whatever it takes to remove these drug dealing mass murdering scum from the face of the planet then it might just work. But the people of Mexico will need to get behind this and realize that this is their light at the end of the tunnel because right now they are in the last chance saloon. Lets hope its more than just empty words

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    1. Yes after countless people have been murdered yearly, 38,000 in 2021 plus the ones that are not counted.

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    2. The us can’t even stop the skinny 18 year olds shooting places up and gangbangers what makes you think they can stop the cartels as a whole?

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    3. The U.S was given "free reigns" from 1986-2018 and achieved nothing. If anything drug trafficking increased along with the violence in Mexico. The U.S does nothing but destabilize Latin american nations.

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    4. do you have any better ideas than letting US forces(ideally Rangers) come in and wipe them out?

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    5. 216 there's more to it than just attacking drug dealing head on. That has been the strategy for how long and there's only been blowback. There was a U.S politician who suggested placing more U.S troops along the southern border instead of sending them to the middle east. That sounds like a great idea if you ask me. You would definitely slow down drug trafficking along with human smuggling. That suggestion didn't sit well with U.S politicians because those that profit from wars would lose a lot of money. So what happened, it was scrapped. Then you have to ask yourself, why are people immigrating to the U.S? Long before mexico lost its grip on the violence people were immigrating for several reason, lack of basic needs like food, medical, jobs or better paying jobs and lack of education. Those issues are still present today on top of drugs and violence. So what does Mexico need to do? Mexican politicians need to provide those services to their citizens and that there would help deter mexicans from becoming involved in criminal activities. It's never gonna go away, but you can definitely lower it. Sending in the U.S military will just destabilize Mexico and create a war, introducing firearms to the people will only create more violence and give easier access to the bad guys.

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  4. AMLO aka El Lopez HABLADOR

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  5. Biden won’t do anything he’s a fucking idiot. Jesus what a waste of time.

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    1. You mean lazy Lopez Obrador.
      He's on the spot light to do some about the Fentanyl coming to the USA, this time simple hugs and kisses on the lips won't work. He did not want the DEA to be in Mexico, so now he has to get his 350 Elite military officers, busting fentanyl labs, now let's see if lazy Obrador will do something.

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    2. 1:34 they should make a deal. US stops gun trafficking to the south and Mexico stops fent trafficking to the north.

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    3. 1:34 lazy?, not exactly... lazy the DEA... decades operating on Mexico and cartels did nothing but getting more power... Uselessness and laziness at its finest.

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    4. Lazy grampa is put on the spotlight for cartels killing preists.
      Gramps is also put on the spot to stop the flow of fentanyl, his military has to do it since, he wanted DEA out. Now now grampa don't go blaming other presidents.

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    5. 6:48 thats local jurisdiction and governor / corporations (fuero comun). Looks like someone is blaming Mexico and ignoring its roles.... Do your job on your side of the border.

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    6. Blaming other presidents? or pointing out their responsibilities?

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    7. 10.28
      We would mind our own business, but your lazy azz grampa president is letting things go to hell. Go thing Biden put him on the spotlight to have the Fentanyl problem taken care of.

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    8. Blaming a "lazy azz grampa" for your problems... and not sure if you are referring to the wrong one, since Biden health isnt the best. Focus on your own things, blaming the others for your stuff isn't very smart...

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    9. 10:28 And thats the problem, you dont mind your business no matter what....

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  6. The war on drugs has lead to drugs like fentanyl being lead into circulation

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  7. Do people really believe there's a war on drugs? Hahaha

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  8. Lopez can't have the cartels producing Fentanyl, otherwise his bribe money will dry up.

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