Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday defended his weekend handshake with the mother of drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman, calling her a 'respectable old lady' and seeking to cast his critics as the principal menace to the country.
MEXICO CITY/BADIRAGUATO, Mexico - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday defended his weekend handshake with the mother of drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, calling her a “respectable old lady” and seeking to cast his critics as the principal menace to the country.
Surrounded by onlookers, Lopez Obrador told Loera she need not get out of the car, they shook hands and after a brief exchange he told her he had “received her letter.” Questioned about the meeting at his regular morning news conference, Lopez Obrador was unrepentant and quickly blamed “adversaries” for trying to make a “scandal” out of it.
Lopez Obrador said Loera, a “respectable old lady,” wrote to him to ask for help in getting permission from U.S. authorities to visit her son, who is in a maximum security U.S. prison. Guzman shipped tons of drugs around the world and twice embarrassed the Mexican government by escaping from prison.
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