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Mexico's presidential front-runner Enrique Pena Nieto said if he wins the July1 election he would aim for a rapid reduction in drug war violence that hasclaimed 50,000 lives since late 2006.
Pena Nieto,of the opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), has a big lead inopinion polls heading into the election, which will take place with a backdropof years of bloodshed between drug gangs and security forces.
"Peopleneed security, and that means getting tangible results in the very short andmedium term," Pena Nieto told Reuters on the sidelines of an event indowntown Mexico City on Monday. "It's clear that society can't wait muchlonger."
Pena Nieto isbidding to succeed President Felipe Calderon of the conservative NationalAction Party. Calderon sent the Mexican army to crush drug cartels shortly aftertaking office in late 2006 and his presidency has been dominated by his push tocrack down on the brutal narcotics gangs.
Voters areexpressing hope that the next president will curb the wave of brutalitystemming from the narcotics trade. Pena Nieto has proposed offering tax breaksfor Ciudad Juarez, the worst hit city on the violence-plagued U.S. border, as apilot project to encourage local investment and create jobs. Spending on publicsecurity efforts must also rise, he has said.
He pledged onSunday to give tax incentives to revive economic life in Ciudad Juarez that hasbeen depressed by drug violence, and said on Monday he could consider bringingthe tax incentives to other afflicted areas.
The bordercities are a transit point for illegal drugs, a trade that has hammered localeconomies as violence has surged.
"First,I would do a pilot project in Ciudad Juarez ... and then see what results itbrings," Pena Nieto said of the city with one of the highest murder ratesin the world.
He has notelaborated on the tax incentive plan.
Polls showhim with a big lead over ruling party candidate Josefina Vazquez Mota threemonths before the election.
Source: End the Damn drug war
http://www.borderlandbeat.com
Pena Nieto,of the opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), has a big lead inopinion polls heading into the election, which will take place with a backdropof years of bloodshed between drug gangs and security forces.
"Peopleneed security, and that means getting tangible results in the very short andmedium term," Pena Nieto told Reuters on the sidelines of an event indowntown Mexico City on Monday. "It's clear that society can't wait muchlonger."
Pena Nieto isbidding to succeed President Felipe Calderon of the conservative NationalAction Party. Calderon sent the Mexican army to crush drug cartels shortly aftertaking office in late 2006 and his presidency has been dominated by his push tocrack down on the brutal narcotics gangs.
Voters areexpressing hope that the next president will curb the wave of brutalitystemming from the narcotics trade. Pena Nieto has proposed offering tax breaksfor Ciudad Juarez, the worst hit city on the violence-plagued U.S. border, as apilot project to encourage local investment and create jobs. Spending on publicsecurity efforts must also rise, he has said.
He pledged onSunday to give tax incentives to revive economic life in Ciudad Juarez that hasbeen depressed by drug violence, and said on Monday he could consider bringingthe tax incentives to other afflicted areas.
The bordercities are a transit point for illegal drugs, a trade that has hammered localeconomies as violence has surged.
"First,I would do a pilot project in Ciudad Juarez ... and then see what results itbrings," Pena Nieto said of the city with one of the highest murder ratesin the world.
He has notelaborated on the tax incentive plan.
Polls showhim with a big lead over ruling party candidate Josefina Vazquez Mota threemonths before the election.
Source: End the Damn drug war
http://www.borderlandbeat.com
