BBC News: Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla says increased international help is vital to tackle the drug cartels operating in Central America.
... Ms Chinchilla said that the crackdown in Mexico on drug gangs could result in "an even greater displacement [of traffickers] into Central America". That was why the drug gangs needed to be confronted not just nationally, but regionally, she said.
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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