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 News from Around the Americas | September 2007 
US, Mexican Attorneys General Focus on Meth
 Associated Press
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 |  | Globalizing the pursuit of crime is necessary if we want to stop the proliferation of these transnational mafias.
- Eduardo Medina Mora |  | |
State attorneys general from Mexico and the Western United States agreed Friday to work together against methamphetamine smuggling.
Attorneys generals from the states of Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, and North Dakota attended the two-day meeting where the methamphetamine trade dominated conversation.
On Sept. 1, Mexico began requiring prescriptions for medicines containing pseudoephedrine and blocked over-the-counter sales of the decongestant used in methamphetamine production.
"The best news for those of us fighting the methamphetamine trade in the United States was the announcement ... that great progress has been made in cutting off the supply of pseudoephedrine to manufacturers of illegal drugs in Mexico," Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard said.
Methamphetamines are increasingly produced in Mexico and shipped north to the U.S., with seizures along the border increasing fivefold over five years to 3 tons in 2006, according to a congressional report released Thursday by the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
The group also came up with a plan to exchange information more expeditiously on money laundering cases. Details on the agreement were not provided.
At the meeting's closing ceremony, Mexican federal Attorney General Eduardo Medina Mora said the drug trade knows no borders and that law enforcement must work together around the world.
"Globalizing the pursuit of crime is necessary if we want to stop the proliferation of these transnational mafias," he said. |
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