Experts Worry U.S-Mexico Antidrug Alliance May Be Superficial
November 8th, 2007 Posted by: Dr. Dobson
A multibillion-dollar anti-drug pact between the U.S. and Mexico could fail unless it includes action against the cartel’s money supplies and improvements in police intelligence, Reuters reported Oct. 23.
Much of the $1.4 billion that the Bush administration wants to send to Mexico would be spent on helicopters and other equipment. But Ernesto Mendieta, a former Mexican prosecutor and security advisor, said, “More helicopters won’t make a difference because you are only dealing with the armed side of the cartels. You’ve got to go after their finances and find out where their banks accounts are. That is the way to weaken them.”
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