By The Opinion
The director of the DEA, Terrance Colewarned that the accusations against the governor with a license from Sinaloa, Ruben Rocha Moya“they are just the beginning of what is to come in Mexico,” during an appearance before the US Senate.
The statement occurred after Republican Senator John Kennedy questioned Cole about the accusations presented in April against Rocha Moya and other officials accused of alleged ties to the Sinaloa Cartel.
During the hearing, Cole stated that “there is no doubt” that Mexican drug traffickers and senior officials “have been involved for years”and assured that now the US authorities are paying greater attention to these links.
Likewise, he stated that Mexican officials who collaborate with criminal organizations are equally responsible for the deaths caused by drug trafficking to the United States.
“They are equally responsible for the death and destruction of record numbers of Americans by cooperating, conspiring and helping to produce this poison to cross the border,” he declared.
The official also noted that The investigations are part of a strategy to attack the command structures of the cartelsinterrupt their supply chains and persecute those who facilitate their operations from the political or institutional sphere.
The DEA statements occur in the midst of bilateral tension between Mexico and the United States following the accusation presented by US prosecutors against Rocha Moya, who is accused of allegedly receiving support and protection from the Sinaloa Cartel.
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