STORY: More than 100 people are dead or missing in Mexico's western Sinaloa state since rival factions of the Sinaloa Cartel began clashing on Sept 9, with the gruesome violence showing no signs of stopping.

"Yes, of course... for having carried out this operation," the president said when asked if the American government was "jointly responsible" for the situation

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says the United States is partially responsible for a wave of violence in the state of Sinaloa that has left dozens dead in the past two weeks, with bodies repeatedly found on public streets and highways.

Mexican leader says the U.S. bore some responsibility "for having carried out that operation" to arrest Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada.

Twelve days before his term in office concludes, the president of Mexico ripped into the U.S. government for allegedly making an under-the-table deal that landed two Sinaloa cartel leaders in American jails and,