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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | April 2007 
Mexico Passes Anti-Terrorist Law
 Press TV
| | The United States shares a long border of 3,200 km with Mexico. It is predominantly an uninhabitable, desert area. |
Mexico's Congress has passed a bill authorizing the police to jail people who finance terrorist groups like al-Qaeda for up to 40 years.
The new bill also makes it easier for police to investigate bank accounts of the possible terror suspects, Reuters has reported.
"We have to improve the law to do with activities not just against Mexico but also against organizations that operate in other countries," Reuters quoted Sen. Gustavo Madero as saying.
After the September 11 attacks, Mexican police formed close investigative ties with US security forces but they have not found any terrorist activity within Mexican borders.
The United States shares a long border of 3,200 km with Mexico. It is predominantly an uninhabitable, desert area.
The US government has approved a controversial plan to build a fence along parts of its Mexican border to reduce illegal immigration and hinder drug smuggling.
Mexican President Felipe Calderon has persistently promised to crack down on drugs-related violence afflicting many parts of the country but he has failed to stop a war between smuggling groups that has killed around 700 people so far this year. |
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