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Sheinbaum rejects US claim linking Mexican government to cartels
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Sheinbaum rejects US claim linking Mexican government to cartels
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has rejected a claim by the head of the US Drug Enforcement Administration that her government is linked to criminal cartels.
- Sheinbaum said during a news conference that the DEA's remarks were "more like a political statement than one backed by evidence."
- DEA Administrator Terry Cole said Tuesday that the Mexican government and cartel networks were "one and the same."
- The US Treasury Department designated the Juarez Cartel and Los Viagras as foreign terrorist organizations.
- Sheinbaum said the DEA should focus on combating drug trafficking within the US, the world's largest illicit drug market.
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