Dec 13, 2010

Whack-a-mole: Wikileak document says Mexico can't control Guatemala border

More on Guatemala today. U.S. diplomatic cables aren't the only thing that is leaking. Guatemala is hemorrhaging. 

Document: Mexico can't control border - El Paso Times: "The Mexican government has no control of its 577-mile border with Guatemala, where arms, drugs and immigrant smugglers appear to have free rein, according to a U.S. diplomatic cable disclosed recently by WikiLeaks.

The document says that Mexico does not have enough resources to patrol the border. 'Limited resources also undermine the effort: while there are 30,000 U.S. CBP officers on the 1,926-mile Mexican/U.S. border, only 125 Mexican immigration officials monitor the 577-mile border with Guatemala,' the document states.

'The weakness of the state (Guatemalan government), the pervasive violence, the widespread corruption, and the country's strategic location for drug trafficking are creating a very dangerous cocktail.'"Dec. 13, 2010


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