Thread: How Hard Is Mexico Fighting Drugs?

How Hard Is Mexico Fighting Drugs?
Tim Padgett


Police officers stand next to packages of cocaine seized from a ship in Manzanillo, Mexico. The seizure, around 23.6 metric tons (26 tons) of cocaine, is considered to be one of the biggest drug busts on record.

Despite their reputation for incompetence, corruption and abuse, Mexico’s police and military are pretty good anti-drug cops. That is, when they want to be. In recent weeks there has been some impressive interdiction work south of the border, including last week’s seizure of 23.5 tons of cocaine — with a street value of more than $400 million — at the Pacific coast port of Manzanillo. It was, in fact, the largest coke bust in Mexico’s history.

But there is a strong incentive for the massive show of efficiency: the U.S. Congress is currently debating whether to approve President Bush’s two-year, $1.4 billion anti-drug aid proposal for Mexico. Veteran observers remark that every time Mexico wants to ensure U.S. State Department certification in the drug war, scores of Mexican drug traffickers get rounded up. Every time Mexico wants U.S. helicopters, mountains of methamphetamines suddenly get intercepted on their way across the border. The problem is, once Mexico wins the prize, a lot of its law enforcement usually repays the favor by joining up again with the country’s drug cartels. That was the case a decade ago when, after Washington agreed to begin sharing important anti-drug intelligence with Mexico City, no less than Mexico’s drug czar, Army Gen. Jesus Guterriez Rebollo, was discovered to be in the pocket of Mexico’s major drug lord. “We’ve seen this movie before,â€

Let's take care of our own country and get it in order before we start throwing money to other countries.

We need our own money for the homeless & hungry . Dam Dubya and his give-away scams for the Bush Crime Family
Let Mexico run their own house . They have NEVER done anything for the world and never will . We need to stay out of anything Mexican imo

1.5 billion could build a fence that would substantially reduce the amount fo drugs that flow like water into this country.

If Mexico wants to fight the war on drugs in their own country, then let them fund that war. Mexico is not a poor country and they can certainly afford to eradicate the narco business if they so choose.

In fact, lets see some of that Mexican Pride that Americans are treated to every time the illegals decide to march down our streets, waving their dirty mexican flags, demanding rights and benefits they are not entitled to. Let Carlos Slim loan his beloved Mexico 1.5 billion to fight the war on drugs. Let him put his money where is mouth is.

Mexico wants the United States to pay for it under the assupmtion they are doing us a favor by reducing the drug trade in their country, as much of those drugs flow into the United States. Thus, we should pay for it.

Let Mexico rot in drug violence. We do not have to be a part of it if we simply secure our borders!

Ten to one that dope will be sold to another dealer and will on it's way north in no time.

Originally Posted by MountainDog

Ten to one that dope will be sold to another dealer and will on it's way north in no time.

DITTO Mountaindog...this fight has been going on for years, they don't want to stop it, it is all about big money!!

I don't think they're fighting too hard, it's a major source of revenue for them. You'd think they'd find pot fields all over Mexico and stop it there, but they don't, do they?

The part where it says our drug agents are requirered to share information with Mexico is due to an agent going into Mexico and gathering evidence on a money laundering scheme, he made a good bust but but he broke international law in doing so When Mexico heard about it they got mad, so lawyers from both sides met wrote some laws and Janet Reno flew down to Merida Mexico and signed the bill into law. This meant our agents now had to inform Mexico of any operation and tell them anout their Mexican informants down, suddenly these people were being killed.