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US Panel approves counterinsurgency plan to fight drug cartels
Direct translation of Mexican version only, not rewritten.A panel of the House of Representatives today approved a counterinsurgency plan to Mexico to fight drug cartels and terrorist organizations. The Enhanced Border Security Act was passed by the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House over the objections of Democrats who rated it as wrong. "I do not think this is the right direction, we must work with our partners, not to dictate or force policies," said Eliot Engels, the senior Democrat on the committee. The objections of Engels, who at one point in the audience asked if there was a quorum due to the presence of only three Republicans, were not enough to stop the vote. Engels warned that the legislation "will shatter the Merida Initiative aims at a different direction" in U.S. efforts to support the Mexican government's fight against organized crime. Connie Mack, Republican of California and lead author of the initiative co-sponsored by only six Republicans, justified the action by insisting that the drug "is a terrorist insurgency." He also justified the substitution of the Merida Initiative this strategy plan noting that the whole of Mexico and the U.S. "can not stop the terrorist threat we face" of drug traffickers. Posted by: badanov 2011-12-16 |
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