Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard communicated on Thursday to U.S. Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, that his country acts with sovereignty and the government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador is accountable exclusively to Mexican citizens and institutions.
With this argument, he responded to the statement made by Blinken earlier this week, when in a message posted on his official Twitter account, he asked for greater responsibility for the safety of journalists.
In a letter to his U.S. counterpart, Ebrard gave new details about the investigations into the recent homicides and the attention to the structural causes of violence initiated by the current government.
Ebrard conveyed to Blinken that this matter is being handled with transparency by President López Obrador, who has addressed it in his press conferences, and executive agencies, which follow the maxim that justice be done and that there be no impunity.
He emphasized that the investigations have already led to the arrest of six alleged perpetrators of three of these murders. He added that the investigations are being carried out in accordance with due process and Mexican law.
He pointed out to Blinken that, as is the case with most murders in Mexico, the killings of journalists presumably involved the use of weapons smuggled illegally from the United States. He told Blinken that, beyond the fact that the journalists had been killed in Mexico, Mexican authorities had also been involved in the murders of the journalists.
He expressed that, beyond condemning these murders and prosecuting those responsible, the Mexican Government promotes “political, social and expression freedoms and rights because ours is a democratic movement that, during decades in the opposition, was harassed, spied upon and persecuted.”
Regarding the strategy against violence, Ebrard stated that López Obrador’s government is addressing the causes of this phenomenon, something that previous administrations did not do, and that this new policy includes dialogue and collaboration with Washington.
The Mexican foreign minister expressed to the U.S. Secretary of State his willingness to continue working together, but always with respect for the sovereignty of both nations. (https://www.radiohc.cu/en/noticias/internacionales/287406-mexico-reminds-us-that-it-is-a-sovereign-nation)
