In a recent Washington
Post article by Dana Priest, the deeply entwined nature of the United
States support for the Mexican government and its military in combating the
powerful Mexican drug cartels was examined.
The violence in Mexico had grown so large that former President Felipe Calderon had pleaded with President
Bush for assistance. This led to the
beginning of The Mérida
Initiative, a whopping $1.9 billion aid package for military training and
equipment and judicial reform. Beyond
simple financial, equipment, and training aid, the cooperation between the two countries
grew to include much more. Priest writes
that “the United States had been given near-complete entree to Mexico’s
territory and the secrets of its citizens” in the counter-cartel operations. The Calderon Administration had granted
access to high-flying American spy planes as well as drones launched from U.S.
bases. The United States had further
given tons of intelligence and spycraft technology to the Mexican authorities.
Moreover, the DEA and the
CIA and other United States agencies helped lead the hunt for the drug kingpins,
utilizing some of the same methods that were ongoing in use against Al Qaeda in
the Middle East. The U.S. agencies established
a physical infrastructure in various locations Mexico to aid in the planning of
the raids, to vet the Mexican workers in the taskforce, and even hosted some
Mexican authorities to train in Quantico.
The United States-led intelligence guided the overall operations. During this disruption of drug-running
routines, Mexican cities such as Ciudad Juarez became some of the most violent
and dangerous cities on earth, with tens of thousands of murders occurring in
very gruesome ways.
While the public has been
unaware of just how intricately involved the United States has been in the
Mexican operations, so too were officials from the new Enrique Peña Nieto
Administration, who have been briefed over the last few months about the level
of U.S. involvement. There are clear
indications that the new administration intends to take a different approach
than the previous administration, seeking to reduce the violence on Mexican
streets. Some United States
observers/participants fear this might mean leaning toward making deals with
the remaining cartels, but this has been denied by the new administration
officials. Nevertheless, it is certain
that some changes are coming. The
breadth and scope of those changes are yet to be seen.
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