US - Napolitano: Mexican drug war 'not a failure'

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By Rafael Romo, CNN Senior Latin American Affairs Editor
February 27, 2012 -- Updated 2310 GMT (0710 HKT)

With reader comments

(CNN) -- U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano said Monday that the war on drugs in Mexico "is not a failure."
At a press conference in Mexico City after meeting Mexican Interior Minister Alejandro Poire, Napolitano called the drug policies of both Mexico and the United States "a continuing effort to keep our peoples from becoming addicted to dangerous drugs."

Napolitano also said that among the things discussed at the meeting with Poire was how to have a more regional approach to a number of security issues threatening the United States, Mexico and Central America.

Asked why, in spite of efforts by both Mexico and the United States, the leader Mexico's most powerful criminal organization -- the Sinaloa drug cartel -- remains at large, Napolitano implied it's only a matter of time before Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman falls.

"It took us 10 years to find Osama bin Laden and we found him," Napolitano said. "And you know what happened there. I'm not suggesting the same thing would happen with Guzman but I am suggesting that we are persistent when it comes to wrongdoers and those who do harm in both of our countries."
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Thank God this is empty rhetoric. Look:

The United States plans to reduce its anti-drug aid to Latin America by 16 percent next year, according to the 2013 budget the Obama administration sent to Congress last week.

According to the budget proposal, U.S. narcotics control and law enforcement funds to Mexico would be cut by nearly $50 million, or 20 percent from last year’s levels, while anti-drug funds to Colombia would drop by 11 percent, and to Guatemala by 60 percent.
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http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/18/2647277/pro-drug-legalization-forces.html

Hopefully this war will end soon %) <3 :p
 
The comparison to Bin Laden was completely retarded. From what I understand about Bin Laden and Al Qaeda, they were far less active in the past bunch of years and that their organization was much smaller and less effective than had been a decade ago.

To my knowledge, the drug cartels aren't slowing down and seem to employ large amounts of people, so it would stand to reason that it should be easier to track down the leader of an organization that is active and employs lots of people that you can try to get to snitch for you. So saying hey, we got Osama a decade after the fact doesn't make me feel like these people even feel like they can do much to find these people and do anything that would significantly harm the drug trade.
 
Guatemala Times

Napolitano says drug war not a failure, we in Guatemala ask: where is the success?
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Monday, 27 February 2012 17:28 Barbara Schieber

Guatemala City. Napolitano said in Mexico at a pres conference today: It took us 10 years to find (al Qaeda chief) Osama bin Laden and we found him, and you know what happened there, Joaquin Shorty Guzman, Mexico's most wanted man, escaped from prison in 2001. Napolitano said U.S. and Mexican agents continue to search for him. She also implies that the war on drug is doing very well. She said: I would not agree with the premise that de drug war is a failure. It is a continuing effort to keep our peoples from becoming addicted to dangerous drugs.

Drug use is at an all time high in the US, the US is also the world’s biggest consumer of illegal drugs. Where is the success there? What effort is she talking about? If anything the US is not doing the right thing to keep drugs out of the hands of users. It is easier for an adolescent to get drugs then it is to get a beer or cigarettes in the US. Something in this story or maybe better described as a fairytale of Napolitano, does not add up.

We in Guatemala do not buy it.
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