'El
Bebe' or 'The Baby', a member of one of Mexico's newest drug
cartels,
'The Knights Templar', after his apparently violent arrest
by
Mexican Federal Police, Mexico City, July 22.
Excelsior, Mexico
U.S. Authorities Should Be Punished for 'Fast and Furious'
"The
activities of the U.S. gun-trafficking cartels, in addition to inciting
uncontrollable violence in Mexico, are also increasingly weakening the Mexican government.
… Mexico should not only turn to international authorities to demand punishment
for those responsible for Fast and Furious, but should demand action on the part of
the Obama government against gun traffickers, be they North Americans or
Mexicans."
Mexican President Felipe Calderon consoles a woman whose four sons have 'dissapeared' amid a drug war that has already killed 40,000 people since Calderon entered office.
When questioned about his
strategy to combat organized crime, the president invariably replies with a
question: What other strategy is there for achieving security for all Mexicans,
male and female, and to stop the violence that has been horrifying the country
on a daily basis?
Calderón is always asking
this question, and various sectors of society, from specialized experts to opposition
politicians, have given him different answers. Many of these are correct, but some are indispensable to effectively employing the punitive action of the state
against the criminals. One suggestion that is perhaps most urgent to institute is
to stop the flow of weapons from the U.S. into our country. This necessity,
which is already widely accepted in Mexico, should be attended to immediately, since this
is the principal cause of the upsurge in violence as well as the irrationality
and savagery with which it manifests.
It is well known that the
grave lack of security in the country is a result of a duel trafficking: that of drugs
from Mexico and other nations into the United States; and of weapons from the
United States into Mexico. The two forms of trafficking are extremely
profitable businesses that can be measured in the billions of dollars, and yet
the effects of this double-racket are felt most brutally in Mexico.
The North American
authorities already consider the activity of the Mexican drug cartels a national
security matter. They are correct in this and have acted accordingly. But these
same authorities forget that the activities and goings-on of the U.S. gun-trafficking
cartels, in addition to inciting uncontrollable violence in Mexico, are increasingly
weakening the Mexican government. Obama, the State Department and U.S. Congressional
leaders are literally playing with fire by irresponsibly fomenting the immense
and growing deterioration of the Mexican state, which directly impacts the
fragile security of their own country.
An example of such
irresponsibility and lack of scruples is operation 'Fast and Furious', which, conducted
by the U.S.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, allowed the transfer
of thousands of firearms from the United States to drug traffickers in Mexico.
It has now been established that the operation was planned and even funded by
the Drug
Enforcement Administration and the FBI.
This information, which has now
been acknowledged by the U.S. Congress, should be cause for indignation in
Mexico, and be sufficient to prompt the Calderón government, supported by
international law, to demand an explanation in the face of this clear violation
of our laws and gross violation of our sovereignty.
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by WORLDMEETS.US
The Mexican government should
not only turn to international authorities to demand punishment for those
responsible for Fast and Furious, but should demand action on the part of the Obama
government against gun traffickers, be they North Americans or Mexicans.
If the trafficking of
firearms into Mexican territory is not halted, insecurity and violence will continue
to grow, facilitated by the impotence of the authorities in our country.
