{"id":864942,"date":"2021-10-10T13:29:31","date_gmt":"2021-10-10T17:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=864942"},"modified":"2021-10-10T13:29:33","modified_gmt":"2021-10-10T17:29:33","slug":"u-s-asks-mexico-to-allow-dea-agents-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-asks-mexico-to-allow-dea-agents-in\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. asks Mexico to allow DEA agents in"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-s-asks-mexico-to-allow-dea-agents-in%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=864942&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2545200\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2545200\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (R) speaks with U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar during the U.S.-Mexico High-level Security Dialogue at the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Relations in Mexico City, on October 8, 2021. (Photo by CLAUDIO CRUZ\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 9:44 AM PT \u2013 Sunday, October 10, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>The U.S. is asking Mexico to let the Drug Enforcement Administration and other agents into the country.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, the new U.S. ambassador to Mexico, Ken Salazar, said the surge in migrants is a very significant issue for both countries and the Western Hemisphere. Salazar also encouraged cooperation to tackle the growing fentanyl crisis and to allow DEA agents to operate in Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>His remarks come shortly after Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Mexican officials to build a new security framework.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are going to have cooperation from the Mexican government, that was what was agreed upon yesterday, to make sure that law enforcement resources that we have functioning here in conjunction with Mexican law enforcement authorities, have the ability to do so,\u201d Salazar said in his first press conference since his arrival in Mexico City.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo yes, that includes our request, and we\u2019re working with this, with the government, on having the opportunity to again bring agents including our DEA agents, but we\u2019re doing this in a way where we\u2019re doing it in partnership with Mexico.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Salazar said the U.S. and Mexico have an absolute commitment to tackling drug trafficking and narcotics, saying \u201cwe have to break those chains together.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HLSD?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HLSD<\/a> will launch a new era of cooperation between our countries with a profound sense of shared responsibility for the security of both nations and respect for our sovereignty. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gSyvhZs36Z\">pic.twitter.com\/gSyvhZs36Z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Embajador Ken Salazar (@USAmbMex) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USAmbMex\/status\/1446569337943375872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/la-state-trooper-killed-during-manhunt-suspect-in-custody\/\">La. 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