Thread: Mexico is applauded for its war on cartels

Mexico is applauded for its war on cartels

Ex-U.S. drug czar speaks at UCSD

By Sandra Dibble Union-Tribune Staff Writer
2:00 a.m. May 13, 2009

LA JOLLA — A retired U.S. Army general who late last year warned that Mexico is in danger of becoming a narco-state yesterday praised the country's efforts against drug traffickers.

Barry R. McCaffrey, former U.S. drug czar, lauded President Felipe Calderón and high-ranking members of his administration as he addressed the opening of the Latin American Energy Conference, an annual event organized by the Institute of the Americas at UCSD.

“These are people of enormous integrity and courage,â€

McCaffrey criticized Mexican officials who say their country's crime problem is no different than that of New Orleans or Washington, D.C.

The heck it's not. Their violence is just barbaric, It's not that people here don't kill and rob and such here......but they hadn't chopped peoples heads of, dropped bodies in acid, burned, tortured people etc. It's becomming part of things here, but it sure wasn't the norm before this new group rolled in.