Just published @VICENews:
The U.S. decided to drop narco-corruption charges against Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda after AMLO threatened to kick the DEA out of Mexico.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgzd9n/mexico-threatened-to-kick-out-the-dea-to-get-us-charges-dropped-against-former-top-general w/ @emilytgreen @VICENews
The U.S. decided to drop narco-corruption charges against Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda after AMLO threatened to kick the DEA out of Mexico.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgzd9n/mexico-threatened-to-kick-out-the-dea-to-get-us-charges-dropped-against-former-top-general w/ @emilytgreen @VICENews
Here's what one U.S. law enforcement official had to say about the charges against Cienfuegos getting dropped:
“I hope the DOJ gets it together. We can’t do business like this. We’re embarrassed. We’re ashamed.” https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgzd9n/mexico-threatened-to-kick-out-the-dea-to-get-us-charges-dropped-against-former-top-general
“I hope the DOJ gets it together. We can’t do business like this. We’re embarrassed. We’re ashamed.” https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgzd9n/mexico-threatened-to-kick-out-the-dea-to-get-us-charges-dropped-against-former-top-general
“I expect there to be a fall guy somewhere in the chain that was involved with this. It will be somebody who had no influence and no involvement. It will be someone who makes all the higher-ups feel better.”
https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgzd9n/mexico-threatened-to-kick-out-the-dea-to-get-us-charges-dropped-against-former-top-general @VICENews
https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgzd9n/mexico-threatened-to-kick-out-the-dea-to-get-us-charges-dropped-against-former-top-general @VICENews
“The government of Mexico learned a lot here in their dealings with us. They learned some buttons to push. Strategically, this was a loss.”
https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgzd9n/mexico-threatened-to-kick-out-the-dea-to-get-us-charges-dropped-against-former-top-general @VICENews
https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgzd9n/mexico-threatened-to-kick-out-the-dea-to-get-us-charges-dropped-against-former-top-general @VICENews
“Regardless of whether the DEA guys are kicked out or not, the Americans depend enormously on the Mexican army. No matter how much the American guys distrust them, they know they are the only guys around.”
https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgzd9n/mexico-threatened-to-kick-out-the-dea-to-get-us-charges-dropped-against-former-top-general @VICENews
https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgzd9n/mexico-threatened-to-kick-out-the-dea-to-get-us-charges-dropped-against-former-top-general @VICENews