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Lopez Obrador denies US claim cartels control parts of Mexico

A Mexican soldier guards the Tamaulipas state prosecutor's headquarters in Matamoros in northern Mexico [File: AP]

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has pushed back against a claim by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken that parts of Mexico are controlled by drug cartels, calling the allegation “false”.

“There is no place in the country that does not have the presence of authorities,” Lopez Obrador told reporters during a news conference on Friday.

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