Three separate articles released simultaneously on Tuesday report claims that the 2006 campaign of Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador, known as AMLO, received millions of dollars from the Sinaloa Cartel. López Obrador, who claims to have lost the 2006 and 2012 elections likely due to fraud before being elected in 2018, denied the allegations
Given their timing and sources, the reports are undoubtedly part of an effort to shift Mexican politics further to the right and pressure the Mexican government to toe Washington’s line.