Menendez: US must ‘dramatically’ increase engagement with Mexico on cartels

Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), suggested Sunday that the United States should strengthen its relationship with a neighboring nation Mexico In regards to the treatment of drug cartels at the border.

Menendez made the comment after four U.S. nationals were taken a mile away from Brownsville. Texas This week, two Mexican residents were killed in Matamoros. When asked how the U.S. could get Mexico to help with the issue of drug cartels, Menendez claimed that Mexican President López Obrador made the statement “kisses, not bullets” How to enter the office and what this strategy is “not working too well,” According to NBC’s Meet the Press.

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“The reality is along the border communities it is the cartels that run the border communities, not the government of Mexico,” Menendez said. “Mexico has a responsibility, first and foremost, to its own citizens to establish safety and security within its own territory and to those who visit its country, as well. And so we need to up, dramatically, in our engagement with Mexico. It can’t be all about economics. It has to be about safety and security, as well.”

Senator from New Jersey added that such cartels should be labeled as “foreign terrorist” While organizations are not a solution in themselves, they can ask questions that could impact the cartels. Menendez suggested asking questions such as how the U.S. could dry up the money of the cartels, and how to pursue the cartels leaders.

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