In a video message from the southern city of Palenque, Mexico’s President recounted his administration’s successes in its first year and highlighted its challenges – foremost surging violence
In this Feb. 22, 2014, file photo, Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman is escorted to a helicopter in Mexico City following his capture.Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador closed out 2019 with a parting shot at his predecessors, saying imprisoned drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera had had the same power as the country’s president.
“There was a time when Guzman had the same power or had the influence that the then president had … because there had been a conspiracy and that made it difficult to punish those who committed crimes. That has already become history, gone to the garbage dump of history,” Lopez Obrador said.It appeared to be a reference to the indictment and arrest last month of Mexico’s former public safety secretary Genaro Garcia Luna.
U.S. prosecutors allege he accepted millions of dollars in bribes from Guzman’s Sinaloa cartel and in exchange allowed it to operate without interference.
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