President Trump’s words came amid a nationwide blackout and as a top Cuban official said his country would move to open the economy to foreign investors.
The Trump administration has been trying to choke the Cuban government through an oil blockade. The prisoner release appears to be an effort to appease Washington.
President Trump wants to strike cartels inside Mexico. In Sinaloa State, a cartel stronghold, some residents said they were willing to entertain U.S. intervention.