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Mexico ‘s former Secretary of Defense under President Enrique Peña Nieto, General Salvador Cienfuegos, reached Wednesday to Mexico from the city of New York following the withdrawal of charges of drug trafficking and money laundering by the Attorney General of the United United , has reported the Attorney General of the Republic (FGR).
In a statement, the institution has indicated that at 6:40 p.m. (00:40 GMT), an aircraft of the Government of Mexico has arrived at the hangar of the Prosecutor’s Office, located at the Toluca Airport, State of Mexico, about 50 kilometers from the Mexican capital. the United States that came from the New Jersey Airport.
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Mexican lawmakers are considering legislation that would put tough restrictions on foreign agents operating in the country, including those fighting the drug trade on behalf of the United States.
Mexico’s Senate approved a measure viewed as a broadside against the United States, after weeks of tension with Washington over counternarcotics operations. It will next be considered by the lower house.
The proposed law does not specifically target the United States, but was proposed by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador after a diplomatic flare-up over the arrest of former Mexican Defense Minister Salvador Cienfuegos in Los Angeles in October on drug charges.
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Washington, DC - Attorney General William P. Barr gave the following statement in response to Mexico s proposed legislation. The Department of Justice is committed to working with the Government of Mexico to fight the transnational criminals who threaten both our nations. As always, our cooperation takes place within the longstanding framework designed to address jointly our shared challenges: that is why, for example, the United States recently returned former Secretary Cienfuegos to Mexico, in order to allow him to be investigated there. Thus, we are troubled by legislation currently before the Mexican Congress, which would have the effect of making cooperation between our countries more difficult. This would make the citizens of Mexico and the United States less safe. The passage of this legislation can only benefit the violent transnational criminal organizations and other criminals that we are jointly figh
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