VOA: Mexico Heroin Output Jumps; US Offers to Help Fund Eradication
MEXICO CITY — The United States has offered to help fund Mexico’s efforts to eradicate opium poppies, the U.S. assistant secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) said Friday, as Mexican heroin output increased again last year.
“We would be prepared to support (opium eradication efforts) should we reach a basic agreement in terms of how they would do more and better eradication in the future,” William Brownfield of INL, part of the State Department, said in an interview.
“That is on the table, but I don’t want you to conclude that it’s a done deal, because we still have to work through the details,” he said, without specifying how much money the United States could provide.
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Mexico kills Gulf cartel boss in Reynosa shootout -- Reuters
Treasury targets two Mexican companies connected to drug cartel -- The Hill
Drug cartels reusing Mexican tunnels already discovered but left unfilled -- FOX News
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1 comment:
The Choom Gang leader can partake of different drugs on the cheap.
Not that the Commander in Chief ever has to take a urinalysis.
Of course a citizen Obama had to follow the drug laws, but he never followed laws any way. He ran guns in the U.S. and used the IRS as a weapon.
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