Mexican president says US shares blame for Sinaloa drug cartel violence  

FILE - This combination of images provided by the U.S. State Department show Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, left, and Joaquin Guzman Lopez, a son of another infamous cartel leader, after they were arrested in Texas, the U.S. Justice Department said July 25, 2024.

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Thursday that the U.S. was partly responsible for the eruption of drug cartel violence that has killed at least 30 people in the past week in Mexico’s northern state of Sinaloa.