AMLO Calls Initiatives to Use US Army to Combat Cartels 'Propaganda'

Resolution 18 was introduced by Representative Dan Crenshaw, also on behalf of Mike Waltz, both Republicans, on January 12, but it gained attention this Sunday, in the midst of the debate on the possibility of designating cartels as terrorists. The initiative enlists Mexican cartels such as the Sinaloa, Jalisco Nueva Generación, and Los Zetas, among others, which bring fentanyl to the United States.

Called the “Resolution on the Authorization of the Use of Military Force to Combat, Attack, Resist, Target, Eliminate, and Limit Influence,” or AUMF Resolution, it would authorize the United States government to resort to military force. armed forces to act “against those responsible for trafficking fentanyl or a fentanyl-related substance into the United States” and also against those “carrying out other related activities that cause regional destabilization in the Western Hemisphere.”

AMLO’s Response

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador considered propaganda the initiative promoted by prosecutors from 21 states and a United States legislator to designate Mexican cartels as terrorists.

“It is more than anything propaganda, because on February 27 the State Department presented its report on terrorism to the US Congress, and it made it known that there is no link in Mexico with terrorist groups and that cooperation on this issue is good. between governments, that is the report of the Department of State,” he mentioned.