THE CORPORATE MEDIA ON THE LIBERATION OF MEXICO’S EX-DEFENSE MINISTER SALVADOR CIENFUEGOS, KNOWN AS THE “GODFATHER”

Par for the course, the corporate media and U.S. think tank pundits focus in unison on the Mexican motives for seeking Cienfuegos’ liberation. Nothing what they say is credible about Attorney General William Barr’s motive to request that a federal judge in New York let Cienfuegos go. Pro-establishment pundits and journalists allege that Barr was satisfied that Mexico promised to cooperate with the U.S. in the anti-drug efforts and specifically the capture of a leading Mexican smuggler of methamphetamine. How laughable. If the U.S. Department of Justice and the DEA didn’t previously inform Mexico about the imminent arrest of Cienfuegos because they didn’t trust the Mexican government, why is it that they now are moved by Mexico’s promise to collaborate? Could it be that they fear that Cienfuegos would divulge information in a trial that was not to their liking? Could it be that the Mexican military blackmailed U.S. authorities by threatening to release information that would have been incriminating to those north of the border? Why doesn’t the media broach this subject? It would seem it is virtually taboo. After all, even in the case of Hollywood, in everything from the Godfather to the Casino, the U.S. mafia kingpins are portrayed as involved in everything from loansharking to prostitution and gambling but they stay away from drug dealing. They allegedly leave that to the Latinx gangsters.