U.S. May Provide Billions to Mexico to Fight Drug Cartels

[Judi Lynn]

Source: New York Times

U.S. May Provide Billions to Mexico to Fight Drug Cartels
By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr.
Published: August 14, 2007

MEXICO CITY, Aug. 13 — Mexico and the United States are holding intensive talks to develop a plan for the United States to provide billions of dollars to Mexico to support its fight against drug cartels, but the negotiations are not likely to produce an agreement before next week’s trilateral meeting with Canada, officials from both countries said.

Both sides are trying to keep the details of the talks secret, but officials with knowledge of the issue said the aid would include money and training for the Mexican police, as well as advanced eavesdropping, surveillance and other spying technology.

Mexican officials insisted that any agreement would not involve operations by the United States military or drug enforcement agents on Mexican soil, as has happened in Colombia and Peru.

“The bottom line is precisely some help with equipment so we can do our job from a more solid perspective,” said Eduardo Medina Mora, the Mexican attorney general, in an interview with Radio Fórmula last week. “What are the concrete components? That is obviously on the table, but always obviously with the principle of respect for our sovereignty.”



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[sam sarrha]

1. just another Multi-Billion dollar heist of tax money, the Mexican government IS THE DRUG CARTELS

[Adsos Letter]

2. Great...let's just throw billions to a government...

...whose founding principles seem to center on corruption...man, dole out those billions to the People of America...some could really use the help and you'll get more in return for your investment, guaranteed.

Hell, it's our money anyway...

[luckyleftyme2]

3. we'd get more

we'd get more results if we went undercover and just bought it to destory it. i'm afraid we have so many dishonest persons influencing our government that the plan to give mexico money would only fail.

[az chela]

4. Mexico makes billions off drugs !!!!

Why the hell should we pay them money for their drug wars???

[Mend]

7. because rich people in Mexico don't pay any taxes...just like here...and

then there are the poor people in Mexico who can't pay any taxes. Someone has got to supply their government with money, why not the U.S. taxpayer, of the former middle-class.

[Cobalt Violet]

5. I thought we didn't have that kind of money anymore.

We have no money for social services to our people but we have plenty for spy infrastructure.

[tanyev]

6. Pfft. All they have to do is fire up the printing presses.

Piece of cake.

[redqueen]

8. What a lovely racket they have going.

Wonder why Americans persist in supporting the Drug War.

Madness.

Which candidates have promised to end it, by the way? Anyone know?

[Lone_Star_Dem]

9. U.S. May Give Away Billions to Mexico

While lying to the taxpayers as to the reason, is more like it.

One more page of corruption in the asinine book titled "The US War On Drugs."

[Miss Chybil]

10. US to provide Billions for Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation

Psyche!

:eyes:

[donkeyotay]

11. They gotta keep feeding the monster they created.

Likely our taxes will pay for them to buy these swell capabilities from the same private contractors spying on us: the aid would include... advanced eavesdropping, surveillance and other spying technology.

[MisterP]

12. this is only going to piss Mexico off more:

we already imposed Robberón by recounting only the central states, and now we're turning them further into Colombia! Mexico's politically closer to North America, since they've had extreme stability and a lack of coups--their military has even less influence than ours

[Peace Patriot]

13. It's not for the "war on drugs." It's for the war on union organizers, small peasant farmers

and political leftists. Mexico bracing for economic meltdown. Big revolt in Oaxaca last year. Other leftist revolts brewing. Leftists came within a hairsbreadth--0.05%--of winning the presidency last year. Oiligarchs scared. Need more guns.

Same thing in Colombia. Union leaders get chainsawed and their body parts thrown into mass graves. Thousands tortured, raped, brutalized, shot to death, poisoned with toxic pesticides. Bush/US pours BILLIONS more into the Uribe government.

It's for political repression. Nothing more. And it if filthy, filthy corrupt with drugs, drug money and drug cartels.

[Doctor_J]

14. Listen for that sucking sound

More hard-earned money headed for a war that can't be won

[burrowowl]

15. The U$ should also stop

selling small arms in Mexico in hugh quantities.

[sofa king]

16. Just out of curiosity, is the specific target heroin traffickers?

I'm wondering because now that the U.S. controls all of that fine Afghan poppy crop, well....