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Mexico's president says he won't fight drug cartels on US orders, calls it a 'Mexico First' policy

Mexico's president said he won't fight Mexican drug cartels on U.S. orders, in the clearest explanation yet of his refusal to confront the gangs.

Mexico's president says he won't fight drug cartels on US orders, calls it a "Mexico First" policy

Over the years, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has laid out various justifications for his "hugs, not bullets" policy of avoiding clashes with the cartels.

Mexican Prez Refuses to Fight Cartels, Claiming 'Mexico First' Policy

Gerardo Vieyra/Getty ImagesMexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Friday rebuked the calls of U.S. officials to crack down on the illegal drug trade, saying the U.S. opioid crisis caused by drugs funneled through Mexican cartels wasn’t Mexico’s problem to deal with.At his daily news briefing, the Mexican leader located his inaction to combat cartel violence within a “Mexico First” policy that doesn’t answer to anyone else—namely the U.S., Mexico’s northern neighbor.While explaining why

Mexican Prez Refuses to Fight Cartels, Claiming 'Mexico First' Policy

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