Prosecutors from the United States and Mexico agree to strengthen the fight against drug trafficking

Merrick B. Garland, United States Attorney, and his Mexican counterpart, Alejandro Gertz Manero, agreed on the need to continue bilateral cooperation against drug trafficking, the United States Department of Justice reported in a statement.

Through a telephone call, the Attorney General of the Administration of Joe Biden , spoke Monday afternoon with Alejandro Gertz Manero for lay the groundwork for law enforcement on cooperation against crime organized.

“The two leaders affirmed their commitment to work together to address law enforcement issues that affect individuals and communities in the United States and Mexico,” he says. the document.

The United States Department of Justice specified in its statement that both of them Officials agreed on the need to interrupt the production chains of the supply of illegal drugs in the countries.

“In particular, the Attorneys General discussed the need to continue bilateral cooperation to fight organized and transnational crime, and to interrupt the supply chains of illegal and illicit drugs,” they pointed out. on the information card.

This would be the first time that both officials have engaged in a conversation since they arrived Joe Biden to the presidency of the United States.

In January, the Attorney General of the Administration of the President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador , had a conversation with William Barr, former United States attorney. On that occasion, Gertz Manero exchanged information on the case of the arrest of the former Secretary of Public Security of Mexico, Genaro García Luna, accused of having links with drug cartels.

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