AMLO Blasts US Republicans’ Call for Troops in Mexico
- Foreign Minister heading to Washington to address issue
- Killing of Americans in Mexico has raised tensions with US
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador
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Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador rebuked calls by Republican lawmakers to send US troops into Mexican territory after the killing of two Americans in a border city across the river from Texas.
AMLO, as the president is known, said Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard will meet US officials Monday to discuss joint efforts to deal with the fentanyl crisis and that Ebrard would “respond directly” to the Republican pitch. AMLO acknowledged that President Joe Biden hasn’t shown any indication of using US troops in Mexico.