墨西哥总统安德烈斯·曼努埃尔·洛佩斯·奥布拉多尔本周重新点燃了人们的要求，要么澄清事实，要么就美国一次被称为“快速而愤怒”的拙劣枪支走私行动道歉
洛佩斯·奥布拉多尔表示，美国联邦政府现任领导人“仍有时间”为2009-2011年的跨境计划道歉，该计划旨在追踪墨西哥贩毒集团老板的枪支销售。但是这次行动事与愿违，因为美国执法部门出售的几件武器与墨西哥各地的谋杀案有关。
周一，洛佩斯·奥布拉多尔在讨论2006年至2012年间墨西哥安全部长赫纳罗·加西亚·卢纳因涉嫌贩毒被捕的潜在腐败时，首次提到了美国的枪支走私问题。
洛佩斯·奥布拉多尔周五在墨西哥城的一次新闻发布会上说:“在我看来，严重的是，侵犯我们的主权是一次秘密行动，墨西哥人是被这些武器杀死的。”。“美国仍有时间道歉。”
墨西哥总统敦促他的前任费利佩·卡尔德龙也解释墨西哥参与“快速和愤怒”，特别是在他2006-2012年任期内可能发生的任何腐败。在推特上，卡尔德隆回答道周四，他的政府没有参与这次拙劣的行动。两人上周的一次交流凸显了该国在洛佩斯·奥布拉多尔执政期间凶杀案数量的上升。自上任以来，他的重点一直是与导致犯罪的贫困作斗争，而不是卡尔德龙政府偏爱的对毒品卡特尔的激进军事镇压。
墨西哥外交部长马塞洛·埃布拉德宣布，他将继续向美国发出信函，要求美国提供有关墨西哥境内长达十年的军事行动的更多详细信息。前美国驻墨西哥大使罗伯塔·雅各布森(Roberta Jacobson)此前曾暗示，美国和墨西哥政府都意识到与墨西哥前安全部长加西亚·卢纳(Garcia Luna)有关的潜在腐败。去年12月，他在德克萨斯州被美国联邦特工逮捕，罪名是贩毒和受贿。
上周一，洛佩斯·奥布拉多尔说，美国中央情报局、联邦调查局和缉毒署的官员应该接受调查，以确定他们是否与加西亚·卢纳有潜在的合作。截至周六下午，三家联邦机构都没有回复置评。
“这怎么可能？一个以这种方式入侵的政府，公然违反了主权和国际法，”洛佩斯·奥布拉多尔周五补充道。“我们必须让这件事曝光，这样这种行为就不会再发生了。”
据路透社报道，洛佩斯·奥布拉多尔指出，唐纳德·特朗普总统在两国关于国家安全问题的联合讨论中一直“尊重”墨西哥政府据报告的。对总统的批评者，包括民主革命反对党联合主席费尔南多·贝伦扎兰，指责加西亚·卢纳在政治上帮助特朗普，在本周再次引发了“快速和愤怒”的批评。这一行动主要发生在奥巴马政府时期，其中包括特朗普在11月总统选举中可能的对手:前副总统乔·拜登。
贝拉伦赞本周在推特上称墨西哥总统的“快速而愤怒”的批评是一个“伪装得很差”的政治噱头，意在讨好特朗普。
白宫没有立即回应新闻周刊周六征求意见。
墨西哥总统安德烈斯·曼努埃尔·洛佩斯·奥布拉多尔本周再次提出要求，要么澄清事实，要么就美国一次被称为“快速而愤怒”的拙劣枪支走私行动道歉
COP FIRED, FACES CHARGES IN 'LYNCH MOB' INCIDENT AFTER WHITE NEIGHBORS RALLY TO PROTECT BLACK NORTH CAROLINA FAMILY
Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador reignited demands this week for either clarity or an apology over a botched United States gun-running operation dubbed "Fast and Furious."
López Obrador said there is "still time" for current leaders of the U.S. federal government to apologize for the 2009-2011 border-crossing scheme which intended to trace firearm sales to Mexican drug cartel bosses. But the operation backfired after several weapons sold by U.S. law enforcement were tied to murders throughout Mexico.
On Monday, López Obrador first brought up the U.S. gun-running sting while discussing potential corruption tied to the drug trafficking arrest of Genaro Garcia Luna, Mexico's security minister between 2006 and 2012.
"What seems serious to me is that a violation of our sovereignty was carried out, a secret operation, and that Mexicans were killed with these weapons," Lopez Obrador said during a press conference in Mexico City on Friday. "There is still time for the U.S. to apologize."
The Mexican president urged his predecessor, Felipe Calderón, to also explain Mexico's involvement in "Fast and Furious," particularly any corruption that may have occurred during his 2006-2012 tenure in office. On Twitter, Calderón replied on Thursday that his government played no part in the botched operation. An exchange between the two last week highlighted the country's rising number of homicides during López Obrador's administration. Since taking office, his focus has remained on fighting the poverty which leads to crime rather than the aggressive military crackdown on the drug cartels which was preferred by Calderon's government.
Mexico Foreign Affairs Minister Marcelo Ebrard announced he would follow up with a letter to the U.S. in their latest request for more detailed information about the decade-old operation inside their border. A former American ambassador to Mexico, Roberta Jacobson, has previously suggested that both the U.S. and Mexican governments were aware of potential corruption tied to Garcia Luna, Mexico's ex-security minister. He was arrested in Texas by U.S. federal agents last December on drug trafficking and bribery charges.
Last Monday, Lopez Obrador said U.S. officials with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) should be investigated for potential cooperation with Garcia Luna. All three federal agencies did not respond for comment by Saturday afternoon.
"How could this be? A government that invades in this way, that flagrantly violates sovereignty, international laws," Lopez Obrador added Friday. "We have to shine light on this so that an action of this type will never be carried out again."
Lopez Obrador noted that President Donald Trump had been "respectful" to Mexico's government in joint discussions regarding national security issues between the bordering nations, Reuters reported. Critics of the president, including Democratic Revolution opposition party co-chair Fernando Belaunzaran, have accused Garcia Luna of helping Trump politically by reigniting the "Fast and Furious" criticisms this week. The operation was primarily set during the Obama administration, which included Trump's presumed upcoming foe in the November presidential election: former Vice President Joe Biden.
Belaunzaran on Twitter this week called the Mexican president's "Fast and Furious" criticisms a "badly disguised" political stunt intended to curry favor with Trump.
The White House did not immediately respond to Newsweek's request for comment Saturday.
Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador reignited demands this week for either clarity or an apology over a botched United States gun-running operation dubbed, "Fast and Furious."
