President Claudia Sheinbaum stated this Saturday that her government will not heed everything that comes from abroad, referring to the accusation made by the United States in April against 10 officials from the state of Sinaloa, including Governor Rubén Rocha Moya, for drug trafficking-related crimes.
“Imagine if we were to say, ‘Well, yes, let the United States justice system decide for Mexico.’ No, because imagine where we would end up. We wouldn’t have a judicial system in Mexico anymore; instead, we would heed everything that comes from abroad,” Sheinbaum said at a ceremony inaugurating flood protection works on the Bobos River in Martínez de la Torre, Veracruz.
“So there are bad leaders? So there are corrupt leaders? Well, let Mexican justice take its course, always, but we are not going to heed everything that comes from abroad,” she added.
On Tuesday, Sheinbaum asked the U.S. ambassador to Mexico, Ronald Johnson, to “respect Mexico’s internal affairs,” after the diplomat called, via social media, for keeping political discussions out of the fight against drug trafficking.
Two days earlier, Sheinbaum delivered a speech, marking the second anniversary of her electoral victory, in which she accused Washington of interference.
Sheinbaum also mentioned that former Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador published a letter midweek denouncing the U.S. government’s interference in Mexico.
“It doesn’t surprise me that the U.S. government’s onslaught against Mexico is using its usual interventionist and unscrupulous practices, now under the pretext of combating migration and narcoterrorism,” the former president stated in his letter.
The president referred to the letter and stated that López Obrador claims there is an offensive against Mexico. “And yes, we have recently experienced a very strong offensive,” she affirmed.
“Why do they want us to accept that justice is not served in Mexico but in another country? (Why do they want) us to obey them even though there is no evidence for what the United States Department of Justice says?” she questioned.
“But how can we obey what the United States Department of Justice says if there is no evidence? In any case, the Mexican Attorney General’s Office should see if there is evidence, but they want us to obey it without any proof. And a tremendous campaign against López Obrador is coming after the letter,” she concluded.
Source: msn
