Posted on November 30, 2008 by mexicoinstitute
Houston Chronicle, 11/30/2008
Houston has become the top source for firearms going into Mexico to supply drug cartel gangsters with weapons for their deadly insurgency, according to federal law enforcement officials. Gangsters spend millions statewide on military-style weapons and ammunition in their ongoing clashes with Mexican society and government.
Mexican officials estimate 90 percent of nearly 27,000 [...]
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Posted on November 30, 2008 by mexicoinstitute
The Associated Press, 11/30/2008
Kidnappings in Mexico have dropped by 18 percent and murders by 7 percent since governors, mayors and federal officials signed a national security accord to battle rising crime in August, officials said Friday. The average number of kidnappings fell to about 72 a month since the deal was signed, down from more [...]
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Posted on November 30, 2008 by mexicoinstitute
Dallas Morning News, 11/30/2008
November was not kind to Felipe Calderón, as he completes today the second year of a difficult presidency that promised education, jobs and security. The month brought fresh levels of violence, scandal and economic malaise that threaten the well-being of not just Mexicans, but also Texans, for whom Mexico is both an [...]
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Posted on November 30, 2008 by mexicoinstitute
Jeffrey Schott, Peterson Institute for International Economics, November 2008
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) entered into force on January 1, 1994. The pact was “state of the art” when promulgated. But the world economy has changed significantly since then and it is fair to ask: Does NAFTA need to be revised?
The incoming Obama administration [...]
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Posted on November 30, 2008 by mexicoinstitute
Los Angeles Times, 11/30/2008
The government of President Felipe Calderon is extraditing drug suspects and other fugitives to the United States at a record pace, reflecting a quiet but seismic shift in Mexican policy that many analysts say could help dismantle trafficking gangs. Calderon’s administration has handed over more than 150 criminal suspects since coming to [...]
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Posted on November 30, 2008 by mexicoinstitute
Miami Herald, 11/30/2008
Malaquías Gaspar left his farm village in southern Mexico when the economy soured in the mid-1990s. He headed north illegally and found the proverbial better opportunity in South Florida, where he made a decent living by picking fruit and building homes.
But the U.S. economic crisis has disrupted his life and the lives of [...]
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