Salazar’s departure underscores a larger potential shift in relations between the U.S. and Mexico with the incoming Trump administration and newly elected Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum in power, something that could test the economic and political bonds of the most important diplomatic relationship in the hemisphere.
President Claudia Sheinbaum's statement on Mexico's anti-drug campaign follows President-elect Donald Trump's threats to impose tariffs over drug trafficking.
In her Tuesday press conference, President Claudia Sheinbaum asserted that use of the deadly drug "is not really a problem" in Mexico.
"The debate about if fentanyl is or isn't produced in Mexico is not what we have to be talking about, with all due respect to the government," said Ken Salazar
The diplomat’s departure marks the end of a cycle in the relationship between Mexico and the United States, and the beginning of an era of complete uncertainty with the return of Donald Trump
Mexico has found no proof that fentanyl is being produced in the country, its president said Tuesday, following threats from US President-elect Donald Trump to impose tariffs over drug trafficking.
There is fentanyl in Mexico, and I also know that it is produced here,' Ken Salazar says in final press conference - Anadolu Ajansı
In a last press conference on Monday, departing US Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar claimed that fentanyl is made in Mexico, defying the Mexican auth
Ovidio and Joaquín Guzmán López are preparing for a crucial hearing in Chicago on Tuesday, while their brothers continue to battle for control of the Sinaloa Cartel
The outgoing U.S. ambassador to Mexico said Monday he anticipated "major changes" in the diplomatic relationship between the U.S. and Mexico during the incoming Trump administration.