Monday, October 10, 2011
Unconscionable Arms Trafficking from the USA to Mexico
‘Punto y Aparte...,' El Financiero
In Mexico, the only ones that don't seem to comprehend the flagrant violation of national
sovereignty and of agreements with the United States, to fight organized crime and drug trafficking, are those responsible
for the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs (SRE) and the Attorney General's office, despite the secretary of SRE herself,
Patricia Espinosa Cantellano, saying a few days ago that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton assured her that there would
be penalties for those found guilty of smuggling arms into our country in operation Fast and Furious.
But it has now been revealed that there was a previous plan, Wide Receiver, that also introduced contraband arsenals
into Mexico, with the alleged aim of striking at the drug cartels; it is surprising, with this struggle being the priority
of the [Mexican] federal government, that it leaves the flank open to the transfer of arms being carried out, illegally and
legally, from the USA.
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El Financiero, Mexico City, Oct. 6, 2011; edited translation by MexiData.info
