Mexico president hosts US AG behind closed doors in capital [View all]
Source: Associated Press
Updated 5:50 pm CST, Thursday, December 5, 2019
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In this photo provided by the Mexican presidential press office, U.S. Attorney General William Barr, left, speaks with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador at the National Palace in Mexico City, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019. The closed-door meeting came about a week after U.S. President Donald Trump suggested his government could classify Mexican cartels as terrorist organizations. (Mexican presidential press office via AP)
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president and the U.S. attorney general met behind closed doors Thursday, about a week after U.S. President Donald Trump suggested his government could classify Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations.
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“Among other things, they spoke about cooperating on weapons trafficking, money laundering, international drug trafficking and how to form a common front against international trafficking and crime,” the department said in a statement.
Mexico has been pressing the United States to stop the flow of illegal weapons south, while Trump has been pushing Mexico to do more to combat cartels, like the one that killed nine U.S. dual citizens in November.
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López Obrador tweeted a photo of himself conversing with Barr.
He said that as a lawyer, Barr “understands that our Constitution obliges us to stick to principles of cooperation for development and non-intervention in foreign policy.”
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