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| Mexico's President Calderon seeks US help on drugs war |
| 2010-03-18 |
| Mexican President Felipe Calderon has called for the United States to share responsibility in the battle against drug traffickers in the two countries. Sure, no problem, we got a Texas Air National Guard that's really good at that sort of thing ... His comments came on a one-day visit to the border city of Ciudad Juarez, where three people connected to the US consulate were killed on Saturday. Hundreds of demonstrators greeted Mr Calderon demanding the withdrawal of Mexican troops from the town. Meanwhile, Texas has increased border patrols in the wake of the violence. "The violence is a problem for both nations, one that has its origin in the consumption of drugs in the US and the criminality associated with trafficking," Mr Calderon said during his visit. "It is crucial that the fight against organised crime be tackled with a shared responsibility by the United States and Mexico, each on its own territory... but with close co-operation in information, intelligence and public policy." Mr Calderon, who was accompanied by the US ambassador to Mexico, Carlos Pascual, was making his third visit this year to Ciudad Juarez, which has earned a reputation as one of the most violent cities in the world. The city, just over the border from El Paso in Texas, is at the centre of the battle between Mexican drug gangs over trafficking routes to the US. More than 2,600 people were murdered there in drug-related violence last year alone. Lesley Enriquez - a US citizen working at the Juarez consulate - her American husband, Arthur Redelfs, and Jorge Alberto Salcido, the Mexican husband of another consular employee, were shot dead in two separate incidents last weekend. The motives for the killings remain unclear. Protesters frustrated with unrelenting attacks of violence held up signs reading "government assassins" and accused President Calderon of living "on another planet", Reuters reported. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 The "War on Drugs" keeps too many bureaucrats, lawyers, policemen, Border Patrol, Judges, DEA, and prison guards in business. It might never end for this reason alone. Much more important are the legal zoning constructions in Jerusalem so hated by the Obamaites. //sarcasm off. |
| Posted by: borgboy 2010-03-18 17:08 |
| #5 Gaz, When we start LOSING the war on drugs here more publically, they may start talking seriously about that. |
| Posted by: 2010-03-18 16:30 |
| #4 Indeed we should help...gloves off. Create brigades of Mexicans, granting USA citizenship to those who participate. end the problem, negotiate for territory, relocate Israel to the carribean coast...oila, mucho problems solved. |
| Posted by: Thor Spegum8770 2010-03-18 14:14 |
| #3 Black Jack Pershing, come on down! |
| Posted by: mojo 2010-03-18 11:27 |
| #2 declare war and get it over. Put SOF instead of unarmed N'tl guard and let em' roll |
| Posted by: armyguy 2010-03-18 10:00 |
| #1 Treating Marijuana and Cocaine like Alcohol and Tobacco would be a pretty big help. But i'm sure the US and Mexico govs will come up with some brilliant solution. |
| Posted by: Gaz 2010-03-18 04:35 |