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Pascual: US Committed to Fight Drug Traffic
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March 03, 2010
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Mexico City – The U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, Carlos Pascual, declared this week that the United States was committed to work closely with the Mexican government to combat drug trafficking and organized crime, especially in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua.
Interviewed during the inauguration of the 2010 Vacation Exhibition, which seeks to promote tourism in the United States, the diplomat said that the rule of law needs to be protected to ensure public security and social peace in Juárez.
“We all know that there is violence in Mexico and it is necessary that both Mexico and the United States do everything they can to combat it,” Pascual said.
The U.S. Ambassador to Mexico insisted on the importance of integrating all security forces into the fight against organized crime, in order to better face violence and insecurity in the region. “We must generate more forces to maintain the rule of law,” Pascual stated, “we must use the judicial system and mobilize all socioeconomic resources to aid and strengthen the communities who have to resist criminal organizations.”
The Ambassador also said that the U.S. government “is supporting the Mexican government to do everything that can be concretely done to combat drug trafficking, particularly in Ciudad Juárez.”
On Feb. 1, President Obama announced that he would request US$310 million from the U.S. Congress in 2011 in order to reinforce and expand the Merida Initiative. 70% of the U.S. budget for the war on drug trafficking has already been delivered since 2007. The United States also said it would send new helicopters, radar and X-ray equipments and computer softwares to Mexico.
On Feb. 18, Mexican Public Safety Secretary Genaro Garcia and U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano signed a new Compact to improve control over drugs and arms trafficking on the US-Mexican border and reinforce cooperation between Mexico and the United States.
The main purposes of this recent agreement is to coordinate efforts to localize illegal points of entry at the border, effectively control drug dealing turfs, improve surveillance and produce reliable reports on criminal activities in order to increase the exchange of information on arrests, confiscations and investigations, Napolitano explained.
The U.S. Ambassador to Mexico insisted on consolidating cooperation between Mexico and the United States to combat drug trafficking.
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