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On Wednesday, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said his government will seek to strengthen cooperation with the United States to control the flow of “arms and dollars” during meetings this week with U.S. Attorney General William Barr.

“Two issues that must be discussed are the introduction of arms and dollars, and of course drugs,” López Obrador said during his regular morning news conference. “There must be cooperation on those issues.”

Estamos avanzando en la transformación por los cauces democráticos. Conferencia matutina. https://t.co/WGCwYbwa8u — Andrés Manuel (@lopezobrador_) December 4, 2019

Barr is due to visit Mexico to discuss cooperation on security. U.S. President Donald Trump’s pledge to label drug gangs as terrorist groups has stirred concern in Mexico that Washington could try to take unilateral action to crush the cartels.

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López Obrador added that Mexico would not allow another operation like the U.S. government’s “Fast and Furious” gun-running sting. The bungled investigation of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) embarrassed the Obama administration and strained relations with Mexico.

“It was a flagrant violation of our sovereignty,” López Obrador said.

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U.S. Attorney General William Barr will be in Mexico this Thursday. Mexico’s Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said that in the meeting with Barr, Mexico’s Attorney General Alejandro Gertz Manero will also be present.

Les informo que mañana recibiremos al Fiscal General de los Estados Unidos, William Barr, para avanzar en la cooperación bilateral por la seguridad. Sostendrá encuentros con el C Presidente de la República, el Fiscal General, Secretario de Seguridad y Relaciones Exteriores. — Marcelo Ebrard C. (@m_ebrard) December 4, 2019

Ebrard said the meeting will be about bilateral cooperation for security.

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