I guarantee you that the new Mexican president is also in the pocket of the drug cartels. The Mexicans are bad neighbors, and should be treated as such. However, good fences (walls) make good neighbors. Let’s get to building.
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Drug Lord ‘El Chapo’ Paid $100 Million Bribe To Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, Witness Says
Jordan Schachtel
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Is anyone surprised? The drug corruption goes straight to the top. All the more reason to pass the El Chapo bill and seize his money for the wall.
Via Daily Wire:
Sinaloa drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman paid a $100 million bribe to former Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto in 2012, according to testimony given in a New York federal court on Tuesday.
The testimony was given by Colombian drug lord Alex Cifuentes Villa, who said that Peña Nieto first contacted Guzman “about the time he was elected president in late 2012, asking the drug lord for $250 million in exchange for calling off a nationwide manhunt for him,” The New York Times reported.
“Mr. Guzman paid a bribe of $100 million to President Peña Nieto?” Guzman attorney Jeffrey Lichtman asked Cifuentes during cross-examination.
“Yes,” Cifuentes answered.
Cifuentes claimed that Guzman responded to Nieto’s offer by making a $100 million counteroffer.
“The message was that Mr. Guzmán didn’t have to stay in hiding?” Lichtman asked.
“Yes,” Cifuentes responded, adding: “that very thing is what Joaquin said to me.”
Filed under: Illegal Immigration, International Affairs, National Security | Tagged: bribe, drug cartel, Drug Lord, El Chapo, Enrique Pena Nieto, Guzman, Joaquin Guzman, Mexican President, Sinaloa | Leave a comment »
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