Fentanyl will focus the meeting between Biden, López Obrador and Trudeau; an agreement can be expected

President Joe Biden hopes to focus on the flow of fentanyl into the United States during a meeting in Mexico City with the leaders of Mexico and Canada next week, a spokesman for the National Security Council told reporters at the White House on Friday. John Kirby.

Biden’s agenda in Mexico City includes discussion of supply chains, fentanyl, climate change, immigration and drug cartels, Kirby said.

When asked about specific steps the United States would like Mexico to take to stop the production and smuggling of fentanyl, Kirby said he did not want to get ahead of the summit. “They’re going to talk a lot about this,” he said.

Later, government sources consulted by the voice of america They announced that both countries are expected to sign an agreement to stop the growing spread of fentanyl.

The recent arrest of drug kingpin Ovidio Guzmán “is not an insignificant achievement by the Mexican authorities,” Kirby said.

“It’s not that we haven’t had some success. I mean 20,000 pounds is a lot,” he said, referring to the amount of drugs that US customs authorities have seized since last August. “But (the drug) keeps coming,” he added.

[Parte de este reporte procede de Reuters]

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