A new law giving the military responsibility for policing Mexico’s airspace has sparked tensions between the country’s army and navy, according to a classified Pentagon document cited by the Post.
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday denounced US spying activities after Pentagon documents were released to the press about tensions between Mexico’s army and navy.
“You cannot engage in espionage activities to find out what our armed forces are doing and then have the arrogance to pass documents to the Washington Post,” Obrador emphasized in his press conference yesterday morning.
A few hours after the press conference he gave, the Mexican president received the US ambassador to his country, Ken Salazar, who left the meeting without making statements to the press.
A new law giving the military responsibility for policing Mexico’s airspace has sparked tensions between the country’s army and navy, according to a classified Pentagon document cited by the Post.
The specific measure could “exacerbate the existing rivalry (ie between the two arms) and deal a blow to their ability to conduct joint operations,” always according to the classified Pentagon document.
The Pentagon information published by the Washington Post is part of classified documents uploaded to the WowMao forum on the Discord platform by a YouTuber known for his humorous videos.
According to the Washington Post, the forum where the documents were leaked – most of them related to the war in Ukraine – was frequented by twenty-something men and teenagers who are passionate about “guns, military equipment and God”.
Since December 2006, when the so-called “war on drugs” was launched with the deployment of the armed forces inside the country, more than 350,000 murders have been committed in Mexico, most of which are attributed to organized crime, according to official data.
The fight against drugs coming through Mexico, especially fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 50 times stronger than heroin, is of great concern to the US.
Nearly two-thirds of the 108,000 overdose deaths in the U.S. in 2021 were due to synthetic opioids; while the amount of fentanyl seized in 2022 alone was more than enough to kill the entire American population, the DEA pointed out in December ).
Source :Skai
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