Tuesday
Mar032009
Let's get real about Mexico and the drug trade
Tuesday, March 3, 2009 at 22:18 “To say that Mexico is a failed state is absolutely false,” Calderon said. “I have not lost any part- any single part- of Mexican territory.”
Oh, not true, Kemo Sabe.
The facts and the numbers say otherwise, in spite of Mexican President Felipe Calderons’ assertions otherwise. Mexico has spent $6.5 billion on top of its normal public security budget, but that falls short of the $10 billion Mexican drug gangs bring in annually, Attorney General Eduardo Medina Mora said in another interview Thursday. And violence continues to escalate.
