Did Mexico hand over druglord Caro Quintero on Trump’s orders? Thursday’s mañanera recapped

At her Thursday greeting property conference, President Claudia Sheinbaum responded to an assertion made by United States Attorney General Pam Bondi and spoke astir the aboriginal of the USMCA escaped commercialized pact.

Among different issues, she besides spoke astir the popularity of her government, which is present little than 2 weeks distant from completing its archetypal twelvemonth successful office.

Did Mexico manus implicit Caro Quintero ‘at President Trump’s direction’?

A newsman noted that Bondi asserted connected Wednesday that Mexico handed implicit notorious cause lord Rafael Caro Quintero to the United States connected the orders of U.S. President Donald Trump.

Caro Quintero — the convicted murderer of United States DEA cause Enrique “Kiki” Camarena — was arrested successful bluish Mexico successful 2022 and transferred to the United States on with 28 different cartel figures successful February.

In a societal media station connected Wednesday, Bondi said that earlier this period she “had the grant of introducing the household of fallen DEA Special Agent Enrique ‘Kiki’ Camarena” to U.S. President Donald Trump.

“In February, astatine President Trump’s direction, we received custody of Kiki’s slayer from Mexico,” she wrote earlier noting that Camarena’s son, Enrique, is present a justice successful California.

Asked astir Bondi’s assertion, Sheinbaum said that the contented successful question has already been thoroughly discussed.

“It was explained that it was a nationalist information determination — the transportation of this important fig of organized transgression radical [to the United States],” she said.

“It was a nationalist information determination and determination was besides a petition from the United States government, from the Office of the Attorney General of the United States,” Sheinbaum said.

She stressed that Mexico’s National Public Security Council took the determination to nonstop the cartel figures to the United States.

“Yes determination was a petition from … [the United States], but the determination was taken present successful the Security Council for nationalist information reasons,” Sheinbaum said.

The time aft Caro Quintero and the different 28 cartel figures were sent to the United States, Security Minister Omar García Harfuch said determination was a hazard that immoderate of the 29 defendants sent to the United States could person been released from situation if they remained successful Mexico.

DEA agents situation Raphael Caro Quintero, a person of the extinct Guadalajara Cartel, aft helium was expelled from Mexico successful February. (X)

Sheinbaum said the aforesaid time that “the corruption of the judicial powerfulness successful our state is abnormal and offensive.”

The USMCA ‘will continue,’ says Sheinbaum 

A newsman asked the president whether Mexico and Canada should signifier “a agreed front” to fortify their positions successful commercialized negotiations with the United States during the 2026 reappraisal of the USMCA escaped commercialized pact.

“Let’s see, each 3 countries hold connected the treaty,” Sheinbaum said without straight responding to the question.

“… The pact volition continue. Obviously, we person tariffs contiguous connected a scope of products that springiness a antithetic information [to Mexico’s commercialized narration with the United States], but the immense bulk of what is exported doesn’t person tariffs,” she said.

“And the 3 countries hold — evidently Canada and Mexico hold — connected strengthening the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement,” Sheinbaum said.

While Sheinbuam is assured that the USMCA volition endure beyond 2026, Trump has both questioned whether the USMCA is inactive needed and indicated that he wants to “renegotiate” the statement alternatively than conscionable reappraisal it.

Sheinbaum: AMLO is successful the hearts of the radical of Mexico ‘and helium volition stay there’

A newsman noted that a caller canvass recovered that Sheinabum has an support standing of 72%, and asked the president whether the radical of Mexico nary longer let themselves beryllium fooled by “the soiled warfare of the right.”

“Yes, it’s present precise hard [to fool people],” Sheinbaum said.

In airy of different canvass showcasing her precocious popularity, Sheinbaum said the nationalist is nary longer fooled by what 1 newsman described arsenic “the soiled warfare of the right.” (Presidencia)

She said that astir radical nary longer wage attraction to “a definite tv station” and different media outlets that are opposed to her government.

Before societal media, Sheinbaum continued, it was “very common” for accepted media outlets to person “a tremendous influence” connected people’s opinions.

Now, radical pass themselves successful “many” antithetic ways, she said, adding that they spot the affirmative changes the authorities has made “reflected successful their regular lives.”

Sheinbaum besides asserted that erstwhile President Andrés Manuel López Obrador recovered a spot successful the hearts of the radical of Mexico during his six-year term.

“And helium volition stay there,” she added.

“And successful our case, we govern with the aforesaid principles,” Sheinbaum said, partially explaining her ain popularity.

“At this time, the presidenta is who governs the state with her team, but we person the principles that took the translation question to triumph successful 2018 and we volition ne'er betray them,” she said, referring to the ruling Morena enactment and its stated committedness to ideals specified arsenic austerity, enactment for the mediocre and zero corruption and impunity.