Protestors Outside White House Say Mexican President Peña Nieto has not done enough to fight drug traffickers

Outside the White House today protestors criticized Mexican President, Enrique Peña Nieto because of 43 students murdered in Iguala (Mexico) in September, attributed to organized crime related to the drug trade in Mexico and the US.

About this case, President Obama said that US has followed the «tragic events» related to the missing students and offered the support of US to fight against the «scourge» of violence in Mexico.

Peña Nieto said that the «clear challenge» for Mexico today is to fight in a «more effective» way against the organized crime.

Neither Obama nor Peña Nieto discussed publicly the legalization of all illegal drugs in Mexico and the US.

The 43 missing students in Iguala (Mexico) in September, attributed to local police working directly with organized crime connected to the trade of illegal drugs in Mexico and the US.

Peña Nieto said that the «clear challenge» for Mexico today is to fight in a «more effective» way against the organized crime.

With regard to Cuba, Peña Nieto said POTUS’s decision to normalize the relations with La Habana was «bold» and added that Mexico has offered «collaboration» to both countries in support to that process.

The President of the United States (POTUS) defended his decision about to put in place a «more constructive» policy to Cuba and confirmed that he will be in the Summit of the Americas in April en Panama, where wants «to insist» in the defense of democracy and human rights in all the Americas, included Cuba.

About POTUS’s executive action in immigration, Peña Nieto said it was «bold» too and an «act of justice» for millions of immigrants living in US. Peña Nieto promised to keep a policy of «control» at the southern border, to guarantee an «organized and controlled» migration from Mexico to US.

POTUS thanked Mexico’s «efforts» to help to reduce the surge in unaccompanied children at the border happened last summer and said that it’s necessary to keep working with Central American governments in this issue.

Miriam Burgues