Mexico’s president has promised to clean up the armed forces after the arrest in the United States of the country’s former defence minister on drug charges.
Salvador Cienfuegos led the army for six years under then-President Enrique Pena Nieto.
It is a blow for Mexico’s army, a key player in the fight against the country’s drug cartels.
Al Jazeera’s John Holman reports.
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A Mexican Minister running a major drug trafficking ring? The whole gov’t & economy is controlled by narco’s.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂cartel for life
Wasnt this the same guy that was supported by uncle sam a few year ago?
Your Uncle Sam can’t be trusted
Amado fuentes would have been happy to see this
Mexico won’t be able to control the drug cartels as long as the demand for cocaine remains high in the US. And then again, the US loves to use some of the drug lords (ref. Col Oliver North and Contrars, 1980s) to assert its influence.
Corruptions hurt the image of Mexico as a democratic nation.
Mexico never was a democratic nation.
“hurt the image of Mexico”
LOL Mexico never had a good image.
No country or its people is corrupt in this world but only those in power who make it that way.
“Me”
yuP^ I can agree with that.
“TBD”
Fair enough
mexico is finished
Ironically Barak Obama made the Narcos stronger with his “Fast and Furious” strategic
The Mexican economy shrank by 18%… Sinaloa economy raised by 8%😂😂 Drug money makes that country move
This is sad look at the position he reached and he sold out his country for money. How can a country succeed when high profile officials are involved in this kind of criminal activities!!!
The same should be happening in the USA. They should arrest Biden’s family involved with corruption and money laundry
When is Crooked Hillary and Biden and Obama going to get arrested?
TRUMP2020 Four More Years IS A MUST.
How is this surprising, the most corrupt part of Mexico is the government not just the cartel .
An embarrassment to the Mexican armed forces, but more shame for the government of Lopez Obrador for being corrupt.
The US arrested him…….someone forgot to pay his bribes to the CIA….LOL
Exactly
It’s called CORRUPTION
AMLO pretends to fight corruption LOL
UP IN THE U.S. TOO !!
About time! Lets get the rest, thats just one of the big fish.
Death penalty 👌☠️
Mexican general
Get those Mexicans
Generals always bend to big industries. America the weapons and tech industries fair well with industries. If you would drug test all the US industry big stock holders of those industries the generals would pass it off like Musk. Another sh show of acting morally correct while aiming million dollar weapons at poor people in mud huts. Real heroes.
Huh really??
The mexican army should be more embarrassed for not having any single tank.
They do
Read why they don’t have tanks, fuckg clown
Why am I not surprise by this. Even in one video a cartel member admit that the mexican government is his highest ranking boss
Joder
lol
Why not charge the many corrupt politicians in the USA like Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton for selling influence and government assets to foreign governments
Yes charge Clinton’s. And charge Donny Trumpy for not paying taxes.
Another Narcos series?
Very undiplomatic move !!
I’m Schock I cant believe this a 5 star general,I’m in denial.
How can he be charged? He is a devout Catholic. A man of the cloth.
Impossible! The general is Catholic!
Lopez Obrador is a protestant!
Only God’s Kingdom will rid of corrupt leaders and drug addicts for good. Its 2020 and it feels like the period right before the great flood.
People will only change through God’s means. Not humans.
*Former SEDENA’s Secretary* GENERAL Cienfuegos. *Always* always, collaborated with USA! He was recognized and awarded by the *U.S Department of Defense* in several occasions !
Now suddenly, Trump calls him bad-hombre and decides to order his apprehension ? ? ?
Communist AMLO is the one who is in bet with the organized crime.
AMLO is the humble servant of corrupt Donald Trump
*Lopez Obrador* = Narco communist-protestant populist Mexican President ( Puppet and servant of Donald Trump and his organization)
U.S Narco-Evangelical Sects invading Latin America..
The USA has the largest demand and consume of illegal hard drugs in the world !!!
EVRY CORRUPT POLITICIANS OR AUTHORITYS MUST FACE JUSTICE…AND PAY WITH JAIL.
Donald brings justice to México great News, México Crooked regimen will never do that
THIS VATO= GENERAL is like the THIRD IN LINE TO THE MEXICAN PRESIDENCY.
and REALLLLY < REALLLLY... HOW MUCH MONEY THIS MEXICAN 4 STAR GENERAL The Godfather EL PADRINO REALLLY NEEDS... AS JUST HIS REGULAR JOB he IS already RICHER than 100 MILLON REGULAR WORKING MEXICAN or RICHER than 99,9 of the MEXICAN POPULATION... and the MAJORITY OF WORKING ADULTS LIVE ON 5-15 dollars a day and that includes SOME OF THE PROFESSIONALS... EITHER THE MEXICAN 4 STAR GENERAL does not get PAY ENOUGHT witch I DOUBT BUT BET he has like a 100 MILLON DOLLAR OR 200 MILLON PESOS PENSION.. and like 20 MIllonn DOLLARS HIDDEN I SECRET MEXICAN BANK when they shake and arrest MEXICAN DRUG DEALER AND HAVE THOUSAND AND THOUSAND AND SOME MILLONS OF DRUG MONEY and MEXICAN ARMY GENERALS take their CUT and miltiply that by 100 ARREST and you got several MILLONS.. IT HAPPENDS to LOCAL USA COPS AND LOCAL SHERIFF when they arrest a local DRUG DEALER and find thousand and thousand of DOLLARS IN DRUG MONEY and USA COPS take a few thousand dollars in their POCKET.. who is going to COMPLAIN the DRUG DEALER.. this the EQUIVALENT TO SECRETARY MIKE POMPEO TAKING BRIBES from RUSSIAN MOBSTER when he already has like 10 millon dollar pension and GOVERMENT CONTRACT when he leaves and makes like millon dollars... SO if MEXICAN 4 star general does it , guess the MEXICAN PRESIDENT ALSO TAKING BRIBES MORDIDAS on the SIDE... NO wonder MEXICO HAS LIKE 90 millon mexican living in poverty and they dont have FOOD STAMPS...