US EditionTed Cruz urges Mexico to follow El Salvador’s harsh crackdown on cartels
- U.S. Senator Ted Cruz suggested Mexico should adopt El Salvador's harsh methods against drug cartels and urged the government to accept U.S. help to combat organized crime.
- Cruz stated that defeating drug cartels is in the best interest of Mexican citizens and expressed hope that the government of Mexico will recognize that.
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Republican senator Ted Cruz said a joint action to defeat organized crime groups is more convenient.
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Ted Cruz urges Mexico to follow El Salvador's harsh crackdown on cartels
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz suggests Mexico should adopt El Salvador's approach to combat drug cartels. Cruz visited Mexico after stops in Panama and El Salvador this week.
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz called on Mexico on Friday to accept Washington's offer of support in the fight against drug cartels, suggesting that the country should follow El Salvador's example in its security strategy. During a stopover in Mexico after visiting Panama and El Salvador, the Republican lawmaker from Texas suggested that, without cooperation, the United States could act alone against Mexican criminal groups. "It would be much more prefer…
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz said Friday that Mexico should follow El Salvador’s example in the fight against drug cartels, and accept the U.S. offer to help fight organized crime. Texas’s Republican senator, who made a stopover in Mexico after visiting Panama and El Salvador this week, seemed to suggest that Washington could take some action against drug cartels on its own if the Mexican government rejected a joint action. “It would be much better if …
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz said Friday that Mexico should follow El Salvador's example in the fight against drug cartels, and accept the U.S. offer to help fight organized crime.
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