We keep reading more and more about how the drug moles are taking over Central America as we try to push them out of Mexico.
Security – Prime Focus at Central America Summit with Ban Ki-moon - IPS ipsnews.net: "Central America's security problems will be front and centre at a summit meeting between United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and leaders of seven countries, to be held Mar. 16 in the Guatemalan capital. ...
The penetration of the cartels that smuggle drugs from South America to the United States and the rise of organised crime mean the summit of Ban and the presidents of the Central American Integration System (SICA) will focus on security matters, according to experts consulted by IPS.
"The issue must be given priority at the meeting, basically because of the insecurity created by organised crime in our countries, and due to the effects of the Mexican war on drugs," Roberto Orozco of Nicaragua's Institute for Strategic Studies and Public Policies (IEEPP) told IPS.
The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
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