{"id":79427,"date":"2026-03-14T12:53:46","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T12:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=79427"},"modified":"2026-03-14T12:53:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T12:53:46","slug":"u-s-drug-czar-prays-before-image-of-our-lady-of-guadalupe-in-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/u-s-drug-czar-prays-before-image-of-our-lady-of-guadalupe-in-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"Amerikaanse drugsbestrijder bidt voor afbeelding van Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Guadalupe in Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sara Carter, directeur van het Office of National Drug Control Policy van de Amerikaanse overheid, bezocht onlangs de Basiliek van Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Guadalupe in Mexico-Stad, waar ze verklaarde dat met Gods zegen \"de plaag van de kartels en de giffen die zij ons en onze kinderen toebrengen\" overwonnen zal worden.<\/p>\n<p>Op 26 februari bezocht Carter de basiliek, de plek waar de originele tilma van de heilige Juan Diego wordt bewaard, waarop de afbeelding van de Maagd van Guadalupe is afgedrukt.<\/p>\n<p>Carters bezoek vorige week volgt op <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewtnnews.com\/world\/americas\/church-in-mexico-pray-for-peace-as-cartel-violently-reacts-after-military-kills-its-leader\">de operatie<\/a> die op 22 februari werd uitgevoerd in de staat Jalisco, wat resulteerde in de gevangenname en daaropvolgende dood van Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias \"El Mencho\", leider van het Jalisco New Generation Kartel.<\/p>\n<p>Tijdens een persconferentie op 23 februari gaf Omar Garc\u00eda Harfuch, de Mexicaanse minister van Veiligheid en Burgerbescherming, aan dat de gevangenname van de drugsbaron ook mogelijk was dankzij informatie van de Amerikaanse autoriteiten.<\/p>\n<h2>Geloof, een 'hoeksteen' tegen verslaving<\/h2>\n<p>De vrijgegeven foto's tonen Carter op verschillende plekken in het Maria-heiligdom, vergezeld door pater Mart\u00edn Mu\u00f1oz L\u00f3pez, vicaris-generaal van het aartsbisdom Mexico-Stad en kanunnik van de basiliek.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/i\/web\/status\/2027132780442800290?s=48\">Tweet<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Het bericht ging vergezeld van een boodschap waarin de functionaris stelde dat \"geloof een hoeksteen blijft in de strijd tegen drugsverslaving \u2014 en preventie, genezing en herstel voor gemeenschappen overal begeleidt.\"<\/p>\n<p>Op een andere afbeelding, waarop ze aan de voeten van de afbeelding van Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Guadalupe verschijnt, bevestigde Carter dat geloof \"niet alleen de hoeksteen van mijn leven is, maar ook van onze nationale strategie voor drugsbestrijding.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"Ik bid voor de mensen in de Verenigde Staten en Mexico die onder de bescherming van Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Guadalupe staan. Met Gods zegen en zijn voorzienigheid zullen we de plaag van de kartels en de giffen die zij ons en onze kinderen toebrengen, overwinnen,\" zei Carter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/i\/web\/status\/2027139915008586212?s=48\">Tweet<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Bilaterale veiligheidsvergaderingen<\/h2>\n<p>De dag ervoor, op 25 februari, ontmoette Carter het Mexicaanse veiligheidskabinet, samen met de Amerikaanse ambassadeur in Mexico, Ronald Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>Deelnemers aan de vergadering waren onder meer minister van Defensie generaal Ricardo Trevilla; minister van de Marine admiraal Raymundo Morales; minister van Veiligheid en Burgerbescherming Omar Garc\u00eda Harfuch; minister van Binnenlandse Zaken Rosa Icela Rodr\u00edguez; en procureur-generaal van de Republiek Ernestina Godoy, evenals leden van de Amerikaanse delegatie.<\/p>\n<p>Na de vergadering verklaarde Johnson dat beide regeringen \"samenwerken om de gesel van fentanyl te stoppen en de netwerken die onze gemeenschappen vergiftigen te ontmantelen.\"<\/p>\n<p>Er werd ook gemeld dat de directeur minister van Buitenlandse Zaken Juan Ram\u00f3n de la Fuente en onderminister Roberto Velasco \u00c1lvarez ontmoette als onderdeel van de bilaterale agenda over samenwerking en de bestrijding van drugshandel.<\/p>\n<p><em>Dit verhaal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aciprensa.com\/noticias\/122609\/sara-carter-zar-antidrogas-de-eeuu-visito-la-basilica-de-guadalupe-y-pidio-por-mexico-y-estados-unidos\">werd voor het eerst gepubliceerd<\/a> door ACI Prensa, de Spaanstalige zusterdienst van EWTN News. Het is vertaald en bewerkt door EWTN News English.<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewtnnews.com\/world\/americas\/us-drug-czar-prays-before-image-of-our-lady-of-guadalupe-in-mexico\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.ewtnnews.com\/world\/americas\/us-drug-czar-prays-before-image-of-our-lady-of-guadalupe-in-mexico<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sara Carter, director of the U.S. government\u2019s Office of National Drug Control Policy, recently visited the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City, where she stated that with God\u2019s blessing, \u201cthe plague of the cartels and the poisons they inflict on us and our children\u201d will be overcome. On Feb. 26, Carter visited [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-79427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21923,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/our-lady-of-guadalupe\/","url_meta":{"origin":79427,"position":0},"title":"Our Lady of Guadalupe","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"december 12, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] Our Lady of Guadalupe Feast date: Dec 12 In 1531 a \"Lady from Heaven\" appeared to Saint Juan Diego, a poor Indian from Tepeyac, a hill northwest of Mexico City. 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