Statement by Former Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar

Statement by Former Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar

President Claudia Sheinbaum has asked a question: who told the truth? Let me answer it plainly:

Attorney General Merrick Garland and I communicated to the Mexican government in our public statements and to the Mexican government on July 25 and 26, 2024 on the arrests of Ismael Zambada Garcia and Joaquin Guzman.

We communicated to the Mexican government that it was not our plane, not our pilot, and not our operation.

La verdad es la verdad, the truth is the truth.

I write about this episode in my book, Borderlands: My Fight for an Inclusive America in a chapter titled “The Door Closes.”

Borderlands is about the urgency of creating a New North American Alliance that addresses the economic, security and climate challenges of North America. It is a message that I hope is adopted by the people of the United States, Mexico and Canada.