Will the United States government have to take on the NRA along with the Mexican drug cartels in order to lessen the chances of Mexico becoming a failed state?
For Mexico’s Excelsior newspaper, León Krauze writes in part:
“I said in this space a couple of weeks ago that the attitude of the United States government in regard to the violence in its border with Mexico would change when the blood began to flow – not only in the streets of Ciudad Juarez, but in Phoenix. And so it has. The alarming data on the increase in kidnappings in Arizona and the obvious invasion of the southwestern U.S. states by Mexican narco-traffickers have given U.S. legislators something to think about. … The U.S. government must understand that while NRA lobbyists may have tremendous influence in the corridors of Washington, the potential for drug-traffickers armed to-the-teeth with weapons obtained from American gun merchants to transform the west into a land of kidnappings and drugs must carry far more weight.”
By León Krauze
Translated By Paula van de Werken
March 23, 2009
Mexico – Excelsior – Original Article (Spanish)
I said in this space a couple of weeks ago that the attitude of the United States government in regard to the violence in its border with Mexico would change when the blood began to flow – not only in the streets of Ciudad Juarez, but in Phoenix. And so it has. The alarming data on the increase in kidnappings in Arizona and the obvious invasion of the southwestern U.S. states by Mexican narco-traffickers have given U.S. legislators something to think about.
Tuesday’s hearing at the U.S. Senate in Washington should be a milestone in the history of the anti-narcotics struggle for both countries. The vehemence with which General Victor Renuart, commander of the United States Northern Command, and Anthony Placido, the DEA chief of intelligence, spoke was a good sign. Now they must translate words into deeds.
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