U.S.-Mexican Relations: Supporting rule of law in Mexico

The rule of law and reform of police and the justice system is the big problem in Mexico, more than drugs.

Supporting rule of law in Mexico - Opinion - News From Terre Haute, Indiana: "In light of the economic ties of trade and the concerns about illegal immigration, drug trafficking and human smuggling into our country, it is clear that Mexico’s problems are Indiana’s problems as well. It seems to us that as attorneys and public servants, we have a duty to assist our beleaguered neighbors.


To that end, the Indiana Attorney General’s Office has agreed to participate in a program Congress funded that will provide training assistance to legal professionals in Mexico who want to fundamentally reform their justice system.

Under an agreement signed by Indiana’s Attorney General, Greg Zoeller, and the Attorney General of the Mexican state of Baja California, Rommel Moreno Manjarrez, officials from Mexico will be brought to Indiana next week to learn more about criminal justice in our state and federal systems. During this “Rule of Law” program, 40 prosecutors and 40 police investigators from Mexico will be trained by deputy attorneys general, prosecutors, judges, and lawyers from throughout Indiana about the workings of our courts and our legal procedures." Sept. 24, 2010, TribStar, Terra Haute, Indiana

by Greg Zoeller, attorney general of Indiana, and Lee H. Hamilton, former U.S. representative from Indiana and recently retired president and director of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, who is currently the director of the Center on Congress at Indiana University.