In social networks a video circulates in which the current president of U.S, Joe Biden, who criticizes the corruption in Mexico and it is even said in favor of a fence in the Frontera enter your country Mexico; The clip dates from 2006.
In the video, Biden criticized the illegal flow of drugs from Mexico to the United States. He also claimed to be a senator for the construction of a border fence more than a thousand kilometers long along the Frontera between both countries.
In his speech, Biden added that the flow of drugs from Mexico to the United States stems from corruption in Mexico and that his support for the fence’s construction is not related to immigration issues, but to the fight against drug trafficking.
“Friends, let me tell you there are people out there who are tons, tons, listen to me, tons of everything from methamphetamine stocks to cocaine and heroin and everything comes from corrupt Mexico,” said Biden.
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The AP agency verified the video and its contents:
THE CONFIRMATION: A video that has been reproduced thousands of times on social networks shows the Democratic presidential candidate, Joe Biden, criticizing corruption in Mexico under the rule of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
AP VERIFICATION: Not true. The video dates back to 2006 and Biden was referring to corruption in Mexico in general terms. López Obrador, who was head of the government of Mexico City from 2000 to 2005, was elected president in July 2018 and took office in December of the same year.
THE FACTS: A video, shared thousands of times on social networks, shows Democrat Joe Biden referring to corruption in Mexico in front of a group of businessmen.
In the 19th century, when the Conservatives were defeated, they threw themselves into the arms of Maximilian of Habsburg.
Today, the politicians who removed the people from power are trying to be saved by the new president of the United States.
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– Citlalli Hernández M (@CitlaHM) January 22, 2021
The video was spread on social media by users who presented it as a direct reference by Biden to corruption in Mexico during López Obrador’s administration.
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The video has been circulating on YouTube since November 2006, when Biden was still serving as a Democratic Senator from the state of Delaware. In November 2006, Vicente Fox was about to complete his tenure as President of Mexico.
Even questioned by the US network CNN in May 2019 about Biden’s statements in the video, Andrew Bates, a Biden spokesperson, denied that Biden is promoting an anti-immigration agenda, as the then-senator said at the time that a fence would not solve the problem . immigration problem.
In its report, CNN alleged that the speech was delivered by Biden at a Rotary club in South Carolina in November 2006.
Other US media outlets have also reported on the video, identifying it as a videotape of a Biden event at a Rotary club in South Carolina in November 2006.
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