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WikiLeaks Show Lack of US Respect
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December 03, 2010
Mexico City – The U.S. Diplomatic cables recently released by WikiLeaks reveal that the United States is criticizing Mexico’s ability to fight drug trafficking due to the corruption of officials, the internal rivalries in the Armed Forces, and the Army’s inability to collect evidence to bring suspects to justice.
According to several documents from the U.S. Embassy in Mexico, the administration of Barack Obama recognized President Felipe Calderón’s battle against drug trafficking, but it questions the preparation of the Army, which is slow and tends to avoid risks.
The criticism by the U.S. Embassy of the Army greatly differs from its praise for the Navy, especially after the operation on Dec. 16, 2009 in which Arturo Beltrán Leyva died.
Cable No. 240473, written by Ambassador Carlos Pascual one day after Beltrán’s death, said that the operation was a success thanks to information provided by the United States.
Another cable, No. 246329, written on Jan. 29 criticized the lack of coordination of Mexican police forces.
“Calderón has aggressively attacked drug trafficking organizations but operations have struggled with a lack of organization... Mexican security institutions are often locked in a zero-sum competition in which one agency’s success is viewed as another’s failure, information is closely guarded, and joint operations are all but unheard of. Official corruption is widespread, leading to a compartmentalized siege mentality among ‘clean’ law enforcement leaders and their lieutenants,” the cable said.
The cables also state that Mexico “desperately” needs the help of the United States to fight organized crime and drug trafficking.
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