Mexico: Drug leaders arrested

FRIDAY, AUGUST 2
PROGRAM #10457 12:00 PM PT

Mexico Edition. 

Two top leaders of Mexico’s drug cartels were arrested in Texas; Mexican President López Obrador sends a letter to presidential candidate Donald Trump asking him to reconsider his plans on immigration and import tariffs against Mexico; and AMLO delivered a presidential report on the case of the 43 disappeared students. Also, the Mexican government asked the Venezuelan authorities to publicly announce the election results, calling for restraint and caution in the demonstrations, as well as respect for the popular sovereignty of the Venezuelan people. These and other news are reported and discussed in this program.

Guests: Jesús García, Editor and Writer, La Opinión/El Diario, Milwaukee, WI; Cristina Bautista, the mother of Benjamín Asencio Bautista, one of the missing Ayotzinapa students, Mexico City, MX; excerpts from recent statements by Mexico’s President, Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

Photo: Illustration by Sara Shakir with US DOJ website screenshots

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