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The federal government often does not even consult state and local security forces when launching an offensive against drug traffickers in their jurisdictions. While there are often sound security reasons for this decision, it breeds resentment and an attitude among state officials that the war against drug organizations is solely a federal concern.
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This sounds like a very complex problem. IMHO, at the very root is corruption. In the snippet above, the author portrays the independent action of the state in a negative light. But, why should the state inform the locals when they are about to make a bust if the locals, who are all corrupt, will warn the cartels that its coming?
There are huge problems in Mexico. I don' think that Mexico is capable of solving them. I think Calderon doesn't really want to solve them or doesn't know how to solve them so he is taking the political route and parading his very narrow accomplishments while lying that its getting better. (Wow, sounds a lot like our own *cough* president's strategy). This is disconcerting because we share a border with this caustic nation, and our population is laced with a growing number of its illegal immigrants. They have grown up in a corrupt, cartel run society, how many generations of them will it take before our own towns then cities become just like home for them? Methinks its already begun.
Respectfully,
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