The DEA’s Statement Is Political; It Should Address Consumption in Its Own Country: Sheinbaum
At the Fentanyl Free America summit, DEA chief Terry Cole called Mexico’s cartels and government “one and the same”; Sheinbaum said the claim has no basis.
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People’s Mañanera July 15
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on femicide, housing, well-being, the World Cup, sovereignty, international cooperation, and the Lie Detector.
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Drug Cartels and the Mexican Government Are the Same; There Is a “Deadly Connection”: DEA
DEA chief Terry Cole made the claim without evidence at the first Fentanyl-Free U.S. Summit, vowing to make the cartels the agency’s “number one priority.”
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Soberanía 77: ‘Stop the Genocide in Gaza’
Unpacking Claudia Sheinbaum’s decision to call Israel’s assault on Gaza a genocide for the first time, the DEA pushing to bomb Mexico, Canadian PM Mark Carney’s visit and Border Czar Tom Homan’s allegedly receiving bribes.
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Soberanía 73: A Traitor In Our Midst
Ultra-right wing (& unelected) Senator Lilly Téllez calls for U.S. intervention in Mexico during a Fox News appearance, false claims from the DEA, Ken Klippenstein’s reporting on US invasion plans, & the Baker Institute’s flawed report.
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DEA: Mendacity & Provocation
The DEA and other Washington agencies fail to understand Mexico has changed and they will no longer find the obsequious silence that once allowed them to do and say as they please.
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SOBERANÍA 46: MEXICO VS THE DEA
What are the implications for Mexico of hardliner Terry Cole being nominated to lead the scandal-racked DEA, and analyzing the USAID’s historic role as a soft-power arm of empire.
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CLICKS OCTOBER 8
Our weekly roundup of press coverage in & of Mexico, including Sheinbaum and Brugada inaugurations, Airbnbn regulation comes to Mexico City, DEA torture in Latin America.
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SOBERANÍA 20 – The Capture of El Mayo Zambada: Who Wins?
What’s behind the capture of El mayo Zambada, one of Mexico’s most notorious drug traffickers?
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SOBERANÍA 12 – Dirtying Elections Abroad
The DEA, with the help of ProPublica, again interferes in Mexico’s election, grassroots efforts by university students to hold a mock election, catching up with Enrique Krauze and his horrible piece in the Financial Times.
