...Now the State Department is focusing on training state and local police agencies in Mexico, starting with those in the violence-plagued region bordering Texas. ... In October, William Brownfield, assistant secretary of state for international narcotics and law enforcement affairs, met with Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy to encourage him to renew the police department’s participation in the training program." read more
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.
Showing posts with label William Brownfield. Show all posts
Showing posts with label William Brownfield. Show all posts
Dec 12, 2011
Drug War Merida Initiative: Chicago cop helps train Mexico officers to fight drug cartels
Chicago Sun-Times: "Two years ago, Chicago Police Detective Oscar Seledon traveled to Mexico to train rookie officers preparing to fight the murderous drug cartels there. His students are now members of Mexico’s federal police force.
Nov 9, 2011
Drug War: US official: Drug traffic may return to Caribbean
Well, now, let's see. The U.S. pushed the narcos out of the Caribbean and into Mexico and Central America. Now it may be pushing them back into the Caribbean. How is this a strategy? It sounds like the game of Whack-a-mole or, as they prefer to call it in Latin America, the cockroach effect. Whack 'em in one place and they just move to another.
Boston.com: "A top U.S. State Department official said Tuesday that drug traffickers may return to old Caribbean smuggling routes as law enforcement pressure builds against them in Mexico and Central America.
Boston.com: "A top U.S. State Department official said Tuesday that drug traffickers may return to old Caribbean smuggling routes as law enforcement pressure builds against them in Mexico and Central America.
William Brownfield, assistant secretary of state for international narcotics and law enforcement, said the Caribbean routes used to ship cocaine and other drugs in the 1970s and 1980s are the most logical for traffickers. Those routes led most often to South Florida but also to other Southern U.S. states. "I do not see it right now, but simple logic and common sense tells you that you probably are going to see it in the next two or three years," Brownfield said in an interview. "They are going to look for alternative routes."" read more
Oct 17, 2011
Drug War - Merida Initiative: Emerging Threats and Security in the Americas
Testimony of William R. Brownfield, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, October 13, 2011
Latin American Herald Tribune -: ""Hemispheric security is a work in progress," says US Assistant Secretary of State William Brownfield. "But the purpose that drives our engagement in support of our regional neighbors is one of critical importance that cannot be overstated. When credible law enforcement capacity and systems of justice are built, criminal information sharing, judicial cooperation, human rights, counternarcotics, and counter-terrorism programs can take hold. Where they are absent, transnational criminals operate with impunity, threatening the safety and security of our citizens at home and abroad. "" read more
Latin American Herald Tribune -: ""Hemispheric security is a work in progress," says US Assistant Secretary of State William Brownfield. "But the purpose that drives our engagement in support of our regional neighbors is one of critical importance that cannot be overstated. When credible law enforcement capacity and systems of justice are built, criminal information sharing, judicial cooperation, human rights, counternarcotics, and counter-terrorism programs can take hold. Where they are absent, transnational criminals operate with impunity, threatening the safety and security of our citizens at home and abroad. "" read more
Oct 15, 2011
Mexico Drug War: US wants Mexico aid to combat cartels to cover wider plots
AFP:" Senior US officials said Thursday they wanted to ensure financial aid being sent to Mexico to combat drug gangs could also be used foil plots like that involving Iran this week.
"Obviously we want to ensure that the support, the equipment, the assistance, the cooperation that we are providing to and with the government of Mexico could also address this sort of threat," William Brownfield, assistant secretary of state for counter-narcotics, told a congressional hearing."
"Obviously we want to ensure that the support, the equipment, the assistance, the cooperation that we are providing to and with the government of Mexico could also address this sort of threat," William Brownfield, assistant secretary of state for counter-narcotics, told a congressional hearing."
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