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| Mexico Criticizes U.S. Border Warning | ||
| 2005-04-27 | ||
| MEXICO CITY - Mexico said it was working to improve security in the border region but suggested the U.S. State Department had overreacted by renewing a warning to U.S. travelers about drug violence in northern Mexico. As with the original travel advisory, the repeat warning on Tuesday angered Mexicans. The update blamed the continuing violence in Mexican border cities on turf battles between drug gangs but noted that was in part the result of Mexico's success in locking up cartel leaders. "Imprecisions and generalizations that hurt the spirit of cooperation in law enforcement and the fight against organized crime should be avoided," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement that also promised to investigate crimes against Americans in the border region. The U.S. announcement includes a new warning that U.S. citizens have been among the homicide victims. The warning singles out the Mexican border town of Nuevo Laredo, across the Rio Grande from Laredo, Texas.
More than 30 U.S. citizens have been kidnapped or murdered in the past eight months in that city. Daytime shootouts are not uncommon. And in one case, guns were fired on one of the Rio Grande bridges linking Nuevo Laredo to Texas. In some cases assailants killed U.S. citizens near busy shopping areas and within blocks of those bridges. Officials attribute the violence to a power struggle within the cartels after Mexican authorities arrested several leaders. Laredo is believed to have some of the most lucrative and established drug smuggling networks on the Mexico border. Mexico's statement suggested the United States should help, rather than criticize. "Mexico's government has traditionally maintained that combatting organized crime in the border region is a shared responsibility," the statement said.
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| Posted by:Steve |
| #12 Or, forbid transfer of money from the US to Mexico. Banks have been ramping up their ability to provide money transfers to Mexico. Maybe not so much forbidding transfers, but revoking of their FDIC coverage.....that would probably get their attention. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-04-27 11:55:04 PM |
| #11 "Mexico's government has traditionally maintained that combatting organized crime in the border region is a shared responsibility," the statement said. OTH, maintaining control of the shared border and preventing undocumented Mexicans and others from crossing into the US illegally is solely an American responsibility. He added? |
| Posted by: GK 2005-04-27 7:44:34 PM |
| #10 Now you're talking. Sonora would look like Arizona in no time flat. Major growth opportunity for our economy and much higher pay for the |
| Posted by: thibaud (aka lex) 2005-04-27 6:27:54 PM |
| #9 Heck, even if we chose the worse regions of Mexico, they'd be the best in 10 years. Or, forbid transfer of money from the US to Mexico. Helps our balance of payments, too. |
| Posted by: Jackal 2005-04-27 6:08:35 PM |
| #8 If the Mexican political class is determined to force Mexico's poor to head north for sustenance, perhaps we should accept this deal on condition we get land in return. We take in one-tenth of Mexico's population + we get complete control of one-tenth of Mexico. But we choose the regions. ;-) Millions of American retirees and entrepreneurs could move into low-cost living areas like Baja, Guanajuato, Zacatecas etc. |
| Posted by: thibaud (aka lex) 2005-04-27 5:01:47 PM |
| #7 Mexico is a should be first world country that has been third world because of corruption and idiocy. Now they are going to elect the Socialist mayor of Mexico City to see if they can rival Haiti for the Hemisphere's shithole. It's just sad. And all of the folks pushing for increased immigration have allowed this idiocy to continue for decades. Screwing millions of Mexicans in Mexico out of misguided sympathy. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2005-04-27 4:35:21 PM |
| #6 The 4ID! Talk about overkill. I think all we'd need is Chris Adams & Co. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2005-04-27 3:59:15 PM |
| #5 Typo: "attribute the violence to a power struggle within the cartels after Mexican authorities arrested several leaders" should read "attribute the violence to a power struggle within the Mexican authorities...." |
| Posted by: thibaud (aka lex) 2005-04-27 3:50:26 PM |
| #4 Mexico's statement suggested the United States should help, rather than criticize. What's the problem, Amigos? Why is it necessary to demand help from the imperialist Yanquis? This is happening on YOUR soil, so basically, it's YOUR problem. Now take care of it. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-04-27 3:41:42 PM |
| #3 Sort of responds to the brochures from the Mexican govt about how to cross the border, no? |
| Posted by: too true 2005-04-27 3:36:11 PM |
| #2 Mexico - Piss off. Why not comply with your demands of the US and remove your troups, and open your southern border to unfettered foreign entry? How 'bout making your own country less of a shit hole so millions of your own citizens will stop risking their lives to escape to the north (obviously because they send home BILIIONS of stolen cash that the lazy Mexican government doesn't have to work for)? Fucking leftists assholes. |
| Posted by: Hyper 2005-04-27 2:53:09 PM |
| #1 Mexico missed an opportunity to STFU |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-04-27 2:25:31 PM |