Mexico FM Says There Can’t Be a ‘Blame Game’ in Drug War, Yet Blames the U.S. for Illegal Guns

EXCERPT:

VIDEGARAY: "We have all these drugs because Mexico is selling these drugs to U.S. So, it’s a blame game. And it’s — it’s not — but that’s a totally incorrect approach. If we want a solution for the problem, we need to understand that it is a market where there is supply and demand. And we need to work together, collaboration has to be mutual. Not only from the U.S. supporting Mexico but also from Mexico supporting the U.S. to completely disrupt a business model, a criminal business model, that is creating large profits for these cartels but is also — but is killing people on both sides of the border.”
TODD: "But the violence of the cartels, it had an impact on the last presidential election. It's not working. What the previous administration was trying to do is essentially destroy the cartels and there was the thought that there was almost too much violence with it. There's an implication that — okay, you want less violence when it comes to the cartels. What do you believe is the best practice in trying to eradicate it?"
VIDEGARAY: "Some help that we need from the U.S. that is very important. We need to stop illegal weapons flowing from the U.S. into Mexico. We always think about illegal stuff moving through the border south to north. But people forget that most guns — and we are not talking small guns. We are talking heavy weapons that get to the cartels and create literally small armies out of the cartels, come from the U.S. illegally. We need the U.S. government to commit to collaborate in stopping that."