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If he says he s going to ask him, he said it twice. make sure we understood. he said it would be officially, we will wait for him to officially ask that and we ask the ambassador to follow up. because we re very interested. as you know, there s x amount of companies in china that are sending it to mexico. then they smuggle it in to the united states through different routes. we know what has happened. it s a very different type of synthetic drug. it s not the old days with marijuana and poppy and you can see it from a helicopter. they can do it in small rooms and deadly. neil: there s no doubt that china s involvement is there for the world to see. it s as if some comments out of president obrador said this is not our problem. we re not behind the fentanyl or the cartels when in fact they seem to be calling the shots. the last time they checked, they re all mexican. ....
yeah, i mean, i certainly have seen his statements, you know, saying it belongs to the u.s. and there s no fentanyl there. indirectly, when he says i commit myself to formally ask china to stop sending fentanyl, i mean, that was a very direct question. we will ask the ambassador to follow up with that. but you know, we have to have this constant engagement with mexico because it s not only migration, it s not only drugses, but if you look at it, every one minute, there s 1.8 billion of trade between the u.s. and mexico. a lot of jobs and a lot of businesses that send things to mexico and vice versa. so it s an important trading partner. but again, we have to address the issue of drugs and migration. neil: do you think that he s really levelling with you on this stuff? especially when he says we have ....
A bigger drug problem than mexico does. we have a big problem of our own making than that of mexico. that our violence eclipses anything going on in mexico. maybe all of these comments that everything you re saying and americans sort of afraid to go to mexico now to vacation, it s hurting him economically. so he will say about anything. what do you think? you know, we have to take something at their word. like president reagan said, truth in your word. there s a constant engagement with law enforcement and other entities with the mexicans. they come over, they spend time with our department of justice, department of defense and other folks. it s a constant interaction that we got to have with mexico. neil: do you think the cartels have bought and paid for ....
Him? no, i wouldn t say that. but i would say that the drug cartels have permeated many parts of the government and civil society in mexico. it s a multibillion dollar industry that is sending drugs and people. they used to make money only sending drugs. now the smuggling, $8,000 a person sure brings a lot of money when you count millions of individuals coming in. keep in mind that there s also now you have chinese criminal organizations going in to wildlife, fish and mexico and other activities that i can say now, other activities that we need to not only look at the middle east and look at western europe and the indopacific, but we cannot forget about our own back yard. and mexico and latin america are important to us in so many ways. neil: fair enough. henry cuellar, great seeing you ....