Three trucks speeding from the airstrip were caught, accounting for 2.5 tons of
cocaine. More research needs to be undertaken into the structures, techniques, and
impacts of organized crime on society. 10. 4. There will certainly not be any abrupt divorce decree nor a sudden wholesale
embrace of grassroots democracy. Only time will tell if this was mere political
posturing or an agreement of real substance. Toluco needs to tighten up his own use lol. AFP, "Mexico City deploys 'swans' in bid to curb police
corruption," 8/4/99, internet. As
mentioned previously, in a positive context, the Mexican banking regulatory
agencies have since been reorganized and other banking industry rules have been
instituted in hopes of avoiding such a crisis in the future (AFP, 9/21/99). These murders brought the total number of senior
police officials executed in Northern Mexico in 1996 to seven. 14-16. He was forced into hiding and the Cali Cartel
split up into small, separate businesses. In the past few years, major inroads by opposition parties
led to the presidential victory of opposition party leader Vicente Fox, ending a
71 year political monopoly of the PRI. Gallardo has long been known for advocating cooperation between the cartels. Its credibility all but destroyed. 2. AFP, "Mexico banks get strict regulations," 9/21/99, internet. In the end, the opposition settled on Vicente Fox, and with the
support of the coalition, he defeated the PRI candidate Labastida in the July
2000 elections and took office December 1, 2000. The United States had never formally accepted the fact that American
consumption of drugs was the main problem until March of 1998. In 1997, some 3,500 vehicles were stolen in El Paso and
smuggled into Mexico, many ending up in the hands of corporate executives and
government officials. they dont rent those trucks an choppers its thiers the USA gave it to them. The United States and Mexico have entered into a number of so-called side
agreements with respect to NAFTA. In November of 1995, Attorney General Lozano
ordered the firing of all 60 Federal Judicial Police in the State of Chihuahua
after a probe into illegal police activities by the Mexican Attorney General's
Office revealed that they were involved in the drug trade. Another similar incident occurred in August of 1994, when a jet believed by
intelligence to be carrying 10 tons of cocaine landed at Sombrerete, Zacatecas. AFP, "US certifies Colombia, Mexico, Peru as allies in drug war,"
2/27/99, internet. The pressure on the Colombian cartels was mounting. AFP, "Son of Puerto Rico's top cop among accused drug traffickers,"
8/26/99, internet. In the first eight months of 1999, Mexican authorities had seized 850
tons of marijuana, 25 tons of cocaine and 1,500 pounds of opium base. Dillon, Stephen, "Accuser of top generals slain in Mexico," New
York Times, April 23, 1998, p. A6. The fact that
the American cocaine market is experiencing a sharp decline is certainly
complicating matters. Harvey, Neil, Rebellion in Chiapas. Farah, Douglas and Molly Moore, "Mexican drug traffickers eclipse
Colombian cartels," Washington Post Foreign Service, 3/30/97. Would you like to see what this town looks like and enjoy landscape photos of Los Herrera? The primary component needed to take on the cartels
is the collective political will of the people, and no law enforcement effort
will be of much lasting value until a pro-active public sentiment is in place.