Alejandro 'Alito' Moreno, PRI leader, defended collaboration with the United States to fight organized crime cartels, stating it does not violate national sovereignty. He criticized Claudia Sheinbaum's government for rejecting U.S. support under an ideological pretext. In a January 19 interview, he stressed the need for bilateral cooperation to address the country's violence crisis.
Alejandro 'Alito' Moreno, national leader of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), voiced support for the Donald Trump administration's intervention in operations against Mexican cartels during a January 19 interview with Ciro Gómez Leyva. 'That is not violating sovereignty. It is a false and lying narrative that has nothing to do with reality,' Moreno stated, referring to criticisms from the current government.
Moreno argued that Claudia Sheinbaum's government rejection of U.S. aid relies on a 'sovereignty narrative that no one understands,' despite Mexico's severe violence crisis. 'We must fight the cartels, confront them and destroy them because they are destroying our country, and for that we need collaboration with the United States,' he asserted.
He highlighted the United States' capabilities as the world's leading military and economic power, with the intelligence and equipment to tackle organized crime. 'If they have to come to train, to train themselves or to collaborate, let them come and let's work together, because together we will solve the issue of fighting and ending the organized crime cartels,' he proposed.
The PRI leader recalled that security cooperation between Mexico and the United States has historically existed at both state and national levels. During his tenure as governor, he sent security personnel abroad for training and participated in intelligence exchanges. He questioned Sheinbaum's ideological approach: 'Do they believe ideology will solve insecurity? That the people of Mexico eat ideology? That ideology will solve medicine problems?'.
Moreno noted that the United States has publicly offered security support, but the Mexican government has rejected it. 'What all Mexicans want is for the security issue to be resolved, for families to be protected, and that will only be achieved through cooperation and collaboration,' he concluded.
