Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador‚ or AMLO‚ claimed during an interview that aired on Sunday that he has ended corruption in Mexico and that the hundreds of political assassinations that are carried out every year in his country are not a threat to democracy. AMLO made the claims during a “60 Minutes” interview about the crisis on the U.S. southern border and about the Mexican drug cartels. The left-wing news program noted that AMLO takes a “bare knuckle brawls with the press” which it said was in “sharp contrast to the softer approach he’s taken with the drug cartels.” AMLO claimed that his “hugs not bullets” method for dealing with the cartels has worked out “very well‚” even though violence remains high and the cartels have grown in size. When asked about the more than 30‚000 murders that happen in Mexico every year‚ AMLO claimed that the Mexican government prosecuted “all” of the cases‚ even though only around 5% are actually prosecuted. AMLO deflected blame for the role his country has played in the fentanyl crisis in the United States since nearly all of the illicit fentanyl that ends up killing Americans is manufactured by cartels in Mexico. “Fentanyl is produced in the United States‚ in Canada‚ and in Mexico‚” he claimed‚ ignoring the fact that the illicit fentanyl used in street drugs comes from his country. “And the chemical precursors come from Asia. You know why we don’t have the drug consumption that you have in the United States? Because we have customs‚ traditions‚ and we don’t have the problem of the disintegration of the family.” He also falsely claimed that drug consumption in Mexico was not a problem. When asked if he has “completely” eliminated “corruption” in Mexico‚ AMLO claimed: “Yes‚ basically‚ because corruption in Mexico started from the top down.” “60 Minutes” noted that independent organizations have found there has been “no improvement in the corruption problems that have plagued Mexico for decades” under AMLO. When asked about the 355 government officials and political candidates who were murdered last year in his country‚ he downplayed the matter‚ saying there were only “some specific instances.” He said that the assassinations posed no threat to democracy. WATCH:

Russian President Vladimir Putin acknowledged this week that Islamic terrorists were behind the massacre at a concert hall that killed well over a hundred people. Four terrorists armed with fully automatic weapons and explosives stormed the Crocus City concert hall in Moscow on Friday and opened fire on a sold out concert while simultaneously setting the building on fire. At least 139 people have died from the attack and dozens more injured‚ according to figures released by the Russian government. “We know that the crime was perpetrated by radical Islamists‚” Putin said in an address on Monday. The 71-year-old then suggested that Ukraine was somehow linked to the attack and that ISIS-K could not have carried out the attack alone because the “organization banned in Russia.” Officials have warned that Putin will try to blame Ukraine for the attack to justify escalating his war against Ukraine. The Russian government claimed that the terrorists tried to escape to Ukraine and suggested that there was an escape route opened for them by people inside the country — claims that have not been corroborated. “It is also necessary to answer the question why the terrorists tried to go to Ukraine after committing a crime‚ who was waiting for them there?” Putin asked. “It is clear that those who support the Kyiv regime do not want to be accomplices of terror and sponsors of terrorism‚ but there are really a lot of questions.” “We know by whose hands this atrocity was committed against Russia and its people‚ and we are interested in who the instigator is‚” Putin added. The intelligence services for the U.S. and France have both pointed to ISIS-K as the sole entity responsible for the attacks. ISIS-K took credit for the attack just a few hours after it happened. The U.S. issued a public warning more than two weeks ago urging Americans in Moscow to avoid large crowds‚ especially concerts. The U.S. government also reached out to the Russian government and warned them that ISIS-K was planning the attack. “We gave them that private warning consistent with our duty to warn … when we see or when we gather intelligence of terrorist attacks or potential terrorist attacks‚” a U.S. official said on Monday. Russia failed to stop the attack. Related: U.S. Secretly Warned Iran That ISIS Was Plotting Terror Attack; Iran Didn’t Listen And Dozens Were Murdered

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