Inexhaustible source of inspiration for Netflix writers, the fight against drug trafficking has been further enriched by a stunning episode. On October 15, when he got off the plane, a retired Mexican general was arrested at Los Angeles airport by agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Targeted by an investigation for complicity in drug trafficking and money laundering, the high-ranking officer is none other than Salvador Cienfuegos, the former Secretary of Defense of President Enrique Peña Nieto (2012-2018)! A month later, on November 18, the suspect was released and extradited to his country. All lawsuits against the former minister are sacrificed on the altar of reason of state.
Why such a about-face? And how did Mexico manage to bend its American neighbor? The only certainty: the current president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, alias AMLO, has aroused unprecedented anger. Under pressure from the army, the authorities in Mexico – considering themselves humiliated and deeming their sovereignty violated – have since threatened to restrict the capacity of action of DEA agents operating south of the Rio Grande. Which would destroy half a century of cooperation.
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