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U.S. border governors stay away from Mexico meeting
Fri Jul 15, 2005 7:07 PM ET



By Eduardo Quiros

TORREON, Mexico (Reuters) - A meeting in Mexico to address a vicious drugs war and a wave of illegal immigration along the U.S.-Mexico border ended on Friday without the participation of key U.S. border governors.

An all-out drugs war that has killed some 600 people south of the Rio Grande this year topped the agenda at the two-day gathering of Mexican and U.S. officials.

It followed repeated calls by the United States for Mexico to crack down on violence on its border.

Governors of all six Mexican states touching the shared 2,000-mile frontier attended. But governors Rick Perry of Texas and Janet Napolitano of Arizona were absent even though their states are among the hardest hit by illegal immigration and crime from Mexico.

Perry, whose office said he was too busy with tax and education matters to attend, sent a videotaped address, warning, "There can be no homeland security without border security."

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger attended the inaugural dinner and went home after a few hours. Only Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico attended the full event.

"It would seem that Mexicans are taking the problems that we have on the frontier more seriously than the Americans," said Arturo Solis of the Center for Frontier Studies and Human Rights in Reynosa, Texas.

"These problems are not just related to violence, but also issues of immigration, trade and the environment. ... (The governors' absence) demonstrates a real lack of interest in finding bilateral solutions," he said.

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Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott met top officials in Mexico City on Thursday to work out how to combat a drug war on the state border that he said "has spiraled out of control."

More than 170 people have been killed south of Texas in Tamaulipas state this year in a war between Mexico's drug cartels for control of the lucrative cross-border trade in cocaine, marijuana and amphetamines.

The worst violence has been in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, where 87 people have been murdered this year and about 30 American citizens have been kidnapped since last August.

The U.S. government has called on Mexico to do more to stop the violence and twice warned U.S. citizens about travel to cities south of the Rio Grande. Mexico responded by telling Washington to stay out of its affairs.

During the meeting, governors looked at plans to improve the sharing of intelligence about drug cartels, youth gangs and possible terrorist threats.

Illegal immigration is also an issue, with U.S. concerns that terror suspects may slip in among the more than 1 million migrants trekking across the border from Mexico each year.

I'm kinda glad the US Governors didn't get "too excited" about this little conference. Governors are busy people with lots of responsibilities and I believe they are frankly getting sick and tired of this whole alien mess.

Back home, we called it "wearing out your welcome".

Personally I don't know why any of the US Governors bothered showing up for the meeting. You know the only thing on the Mexican Government's mind is amnesty, open borders, and how to steal more money from American taxpayer's pockets.

The U.S. government has called on Mexico to do more to stop the violence and twice warned U.S. citizens about travel to cities south of the Rio Grande. Mexico responded by telling Washington to stay out of its affairs.

that's funny considering Mexican President Vincente Fox demanded lawmakers in OUR country to "facilitate access to health care and education services for all those who share our border…. Without this, it is impossible to think about the path to greater integration and shared prosperity."

RIGHT ON MAMIE!!

The TRUTH ABOUT "Security and Prosperity Partnership" is "PARITY" to take our prosperity and give it to others so we are all equal in our Drone Dorms as Slaves to the Crones.

The TRUTH ABOUT "SPP" is taking our stuff and giving to others.

The TRUTH ABOUT "SPP" is ending our nation so they can do that....legally by "pact".

I personally do not think a sicko-wacko-evil-parasite-from-hell President of the United States has that authority. I didn't give it to him. You didn't give it to him. Congress didn't give it to him. Supreme Court didn't give it to him. Constitution didn't give it to him.

WHO GAVE THE PRESIDENT THE AUTHORITY TO END THE UNITED STATES?



Clue: Mental Illness

I thought it was bad enough when President Carter gave away the Panama Canal and the Presidential Yaught because it was too imperial "FOR HIM" -- it wasn't his to give away. Then he granted amnesty to all the draft dodgers so his son could come him ...