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Mexico Proposes International Strategy for in Fight Against Drug-Trafficking
 Presidencia de la República
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| | President Alvaro Uribe (R) hails arrest of one of the main Colombian drug lords in Mexico, and declares that the countries in the region must work in collaboration and with brotherhood. | | |
Cartagena de Indias, Colombia - During his participation in the Expanded Regional Summit on the World Problem of Drugs, Security and Cooperation, President Felipe Calderón proposed creating a strategy that would combine each country's efforts in order to create a common front against drug trafficking.
The president explained that the aim is to find the mechanisms that will enable Caribbean and Central and South American countries to exchange intelligence information on, for example, drug cartels' financial structures, and drug and weapons purchase routes, as well as the confiscations and arrests made.
Another aspect of the proposal, he said, would be to set up a technical group to diagnose the status of drugs in each country that would coordinate and speed up information exchange between the various authorities of each government.
In this respect, President Calderón stated that Mexico is advancing through the implementation of Platform Mexico, a unique system of crime information that links and organizes networks for the interconnection of data, voice and videos between municipalities, states and the federation.
During his address at the meeting, President Calderón offered to give any countries that needed it the logistic instruments used in Platform Mexico to provide data bases with all the information required for efficiently combating criminal organizations’ activities.
He also proposed following up the four lines of action proposed by the countries at this summit. reducing the demand for drugs, sharing the best practices implemented in each country, reducing supply and carrying out actions to confiscate drug shipments.
A third point, he explained, would be to share the actions designed to combat money laundering, whereby it would be possible to advance towards the creation of an international legal instrument that would permit the exchange of data between the tax and budget authorities. And lastly, the fourth point would involve sharing the alternatives for development each country offers its population to prevent it from becoming involved in criminal networks.
President Calderón declared that, although much remains to be done, these regional meetings are a crucial step, since the more efforts are coordinated, the more effective and successful the task of coping with drug trafficking, a problem that particularly affects young people in all countries, will be.
Colombia Hails Mexico's Strategy in Fight against Drug-Trafficking
Presidencia de la República
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Cartagena de Indias, Colombia - Colombian President Álvaro Uribe hailed the Mexican government's stategy in the fight against drug trafficking. "And we wish to congratulate the Mexican Government and President Calderón on his brave fight against this scourge.
During the inauguration of the Expanded Regional Summit on the World Problem of Drugs, Safety, Security and Cooperation, the Colombian president hailed Mexico's arrest yesterday of Ever Villafañe, one of the main drug lords, an action regarded as a crucial step in the process towards breaking up the region's major drug cartels.
Álvaro Uribe told an audience of Caribbean and Central American leaders: "Your success will increase our determination. President Calderón’s struggle is admirable. This morning he was telling us about the number of policemen killed in Mexico this year. The Mexican people are making as great a sacrifice as Colombia once did and is continuing to make in this struggle."
On the subject of international cooperation, Álvaro Uribe expressed the willingness of the Colombian government, its police, armed forces and system of justice to join the institutions of other countries and thereby be successful in this struggle.
President Uribe invited all the countries to deal with this problem, more as in their capacity as parents than as heads of state, since he felt that that when this damage is observed in young people, it moves people more as parents than as heads of government.
Lastly, he said that the fight against drug trafficking must be carried out with brotherhood, emphasizing the collaboration that takes place between nations, since it is easier to advance if countries are united and highlight their willingness to work in a coordinated fashion. |
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