President Donald Trump has repeatedly blamed Mexico for drug and arms trafficking among Mexican cartels, however, it has been proven that these weapons come from the United States, so this issue should be bilateral, accepting the responsibility of this country.
According to the CATO Institute, 89 percent of fentanyl traffickers in the United States are Americans, meaning that cartels in this country are taking advantage of ethnic and racial profiling to arrest people, as mentioned by journalist Manuel Ortiz during the radio program Península 360 Press with Marcos Gutiérrez on Hecho en California
Ortiz toured the Tijuana border, where he was able to observe the work of the National Guard, how all cars are inspected by the agents, checking between the seats and the rest of the car, reminding them that they are looking for drugs such as fentanyl but always respecting human rights.
During the radio program, he mentioned that the physical profile for a drug dealer is very specific, since people with white skin are not doubted, "it's just that here the white people can come and go, since they are not searched or anything, that's how they can pass the drugs," said Ortiz.
Most of the people used to traffic fentanyl are Americans who can cross the border without any problem, he said.
In the case of weapons, the journalist explained that 70 percent of those seized and used by Mexican cartels come from distributors in the United States, mostly from legal sales in Arizona, Texas and California.
“The sale of weapons has been justified, in the Second Amendment of the United States it says: the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed, on top of this it also says that a well-regulated militia is necessary for the security of a free state, that is to say that it associates the freedom of the United States with the carrying of weapons.”
Gun dealers make a lot of money and there is evidence of links to the Republican Party, not only economic but also ideological, said the photographer.
"The phenomenon of drug trafficking should be addressed on a binational basis, but this is not being done in the United States. The discourse of drug traffickers as terrorists does not match the actions that are being carried out with the United States," said Ortiz.
He also commented that there is currently a large presence of National Guard elements on the border, but not police on the United States side. “The police presence is mostly on the Mexican side, and it is not a partial or equal effort.”
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