Is the US responsible for the cartel clashes in Mexico that have left dozens dead? 'El Chapo' arrested, country in turmoil

Mexican President Obrador has claimed that the US shares responsibility for the ongoing clashes in his country.

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Is the US responsible for the cartel clashes in Mexico that have left dozens dead? 'El Chapo' arrested, country in turmoil

'Street wars' between groups affiliated with the Sinaloa cartel in Mexico have been ongoing since September 9. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador argued that 'the US is also responsible' for the clashes between drug trafficking gangs in the country.

Clashes continue in the state of Sinaloa between supporters of the sons of Joaquin Guzman, nicknamed 'El Chapo', and supporters of Ismael Zambada Garcia, nicknamed 'El Mayo'.

'El Chapo' (Joaquin Guzman) was arrested in the US.

The clashes in the state of Sinaloa between the sons of Joaquin Guzman, nicknamed 'El Chapo', and supporters of Ismael Zambada Garcia, nicknamed 'El Mayo', are believed to be a struggle for regional dominance.

Obrador spoke at his daily press conference regarding the clashes between groups affiliated with the Sinaloa drug cartel, which have been ongoing since September 9 and have left at least 30 people dead.

The Mexican government has deployed the army to intervene in the events.

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Garcia, who appeared before a judge on July 27, was arrested. In a statement to the press, the Mexican President reacted to the US arrest of 'El Chapo'.

Referring to Garcia's arrest in the US on July 27, Obrador described the operation as 'incorrect and illegal', stating that 'if the Washington administration continues to make unilateral decisions, there cannot be a collaborative relationship'.

Obrador said, 'If we are facing instability and conflict in Sinaloa, it is because they (the US government) made this decision.'

US Attorney General Merrick Garland announced on July 25 that Garcia, a founder of the Mexican drug cartel Sinaloa, and Joaquin Guzman Lopez, the son of the organization's other founder Guzman, had been taken into custody in Texas.

Garcia, who appeared before a judge on July 27, was arrested.

Joaquin Guzman, nicknamed 'El Chapo', was sentenced to life in prison in 2019 in a trial held in the US state of New York.