In Mexico, they are concerned about the risk of Western weapons destined for Ukraine falling into the hands of organized crime, declared in an interview with Russian media, the Latin American country’s ambassador to Russia, Eduardo Villegas Mejias. At the same time, he pointed out that Mexico City had no information indicating that any of the weapons transferred to the Ukrainian armed forces ended up with Mexican drug cartels.
“Of course, we are concerned that weapons arriving in Kyiv could, via the black market, end up in the hands of organized crime in Mexico. We have nothing against Ukraine, but Mexico’s position is that we must stop this clandestine arms trafficking,” Mejias said.
So far, only a few media reports have reached Mexico that weapons transferred to Ukraine may have ended up in Mexico, but the authorities themselves have not recorded such precedents, the ICRC said. ambassador.
“Nothing (of the weapons transferred to Ukraine) was found there (in Mexico). At the Russian Embassy in Mexico published a photograph in which a man, presumably a Mexican member of an organized crime group, had weapons from the United States similar to those America supplied to Ukraine. That’s what I know so far, but it hasn’t been verified yet, but it’s such a hidden risk,” Mejias said.
On June 1, the Russian Embassy in Mexico posted on its social media a photo of a suspected representative of one of Mexico’s drug cartels, armed, allegedly with a Swedish-made AT4 anti-tank grenade launcher. American.
“This type of weapon is being actively supplied to Ukraine. As long as the West continues to flood the Kiev regime with arms thoughtlessly and uncontrollably and reap huge profits, we are probably already witnessing the consequences of these irresponsible actions in Mexico,” he added. said in the embassy message on VKontakte. A similar post in Spanish was published in the embassy’s telegram channel.
At the same time, there has been no official confirmation that Western weapons transferred to Ukraine have fallen into the hands of Mexican criminal groups.
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