Whack-a-mole: Mexico denies Hillary Clinton's 'insurgency' comparison

Exactly as we -- and many other NGO's focusing on Latin America -- have feared, the plot of the "drug war" scenario thickens. The Mexican government speaks in this scene, expressing opposition to the plot development introduced yesterday in Hillary Clinton's speach. 


Historically,  since the 1920's, when the U.S. and the PRI government reached an informal "understanding," the Mexican government has always placated the U.S. government, and the U.S. let PRI do as it wished, as long as Mexico did not threaten U.S. security. (See the book, The Panteon of Myths by Sergio Aguayo on that story line). 


However, in the present scenario of "U.S. national security," that is exactly what Mexico is  "threatening."  This script can lead nowhere good.

Mexico denies Hillary Clinton's 'insurgency' comparison - CSMonitor.com: "Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s comparison of the Mexico drug war to an 'insurgency' comes as the US is deciding if it will increase assistance to Mexico to combat the drug trade. For the first time a senior American official has compared the Mexico drug war to an “insurgency” akin to the situation in Colombia in the 1980s, sparking tensions with Mexican officials who reject the comparison...

The secretary of state’s speech came as the US is trying to decide if it will increase assistance to Mexico to combat the drug trade, leading to speculation that Washington is pushing to increase its presence in Mexico. Washington's three-year, $1.4 billion Merida Initiative to combat drug trafficking ends this year.

Among Mexican officials, there are serious concerns that Clinton’s remarks may be trying to lay the foundation for a US intervention in Mexico not unlike Plan Colombia. Under that anti-drug program, the US sent military forces to work with the Colombian army to break up drug cartels. The program has cost the US $7 billion and is widely controversial in Latin America." Sept. 9, 2010