Mexico battles illegal drug trade - 18 July 2008

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Mexican authorities are coming down hard on drug traffickers but the country is seeing an increase in drug-related violence, raising doubts as to the effectiveness of the government's efforts to stamp out the drug trade.

Al Jazeera's Franc Contreras reports.

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  • People dont enter the drug trade because its fun. There is a lack of economic opportunity in Mexico that needs to be addressed by the government. This policy will do nothing.

  • Demand, supply, demand, supply, demand, supply. as long as they keep glamorizing drugs in the USA there will always be "Carteles". how about legalizing it like alcohol? at least you can tax it and get some money to keep fighting the "Carteles" and pay the police and army for the wonderful work they are doing.

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  • but we have the army a institution,,,for our country,,not for war,,not to take oil,,,just to mantaine the security ,,and when is a earthquak..or,,,natural disaster the avy is there,,,great army we have

  • idiot...mexico is the eleven powerfull in the army in all the world

  • Bolivia produce it

    Colombia produce it

    Peru produce it

    Ecuador produce it.

    USA consume it! by Tons and tons!

    Why is the US media obsessed in blaming on Mexico? and obsessed in ignoring the communist drug route of cocaine, via Cuba-Florida ?

  • and its ironic that us,,need a fence....because that land...was ours....

    Now why don't you look down

    to where your feet is planted

    That U.S. soil that makes you take shit for granted

    If not for Santa Ana, just to let you know

    That where your feet are planted would be Mexico

    Correcto!

    .

  • the us have all te equipment,,submarines,,,weapon­s of mass destruction,,they have everythin,,,but they could't stop two little planes,,in new york..thats ironic......

  • How is it that when news coming from South America shows up racism hardly occurs but when Mexico has something to show racism reigns over with stupid comments like "Haha stupid Mexicans".Oh the irony!

  • We don't need a fence to protect us from Mexico; we need a wall.

  • idiot

  • no, most of them are from the 80's, but they do have helis and normal planes (cessnas and the sort) that are ok in terms of conditions.

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