Mexican President Felipe Calderon has warned that drug gangs are seeking to replace the state and impose their own law in parts of the country.
The traffickers were intimidating and extorting communities, he said.
But Mr Calderon, speaking at the end of a three-day anti-crime conference, said the fight against gangs must continue despite rising violence.
More than [...]
2010 Aug 07 | Posted in
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Panama City .- The United States will promote an international conference for fundraising in order to strengthen the fight against organized crime, drug trafficking and gangs in Central America, announced Friday in Panama Undersecretary of State for Latin America, Arturo Valenzuela .
“We are seeing how to make an international conference [...]
2010 May 09 | Posted in
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This Tuesday, the EU and the Latin American and Caribbean countries undertook to strengthen bi-regional cooperation policies in the fight against drugs in the Madrid Declaration, which for the first time includes the social rehabilitation of former users.
The declaration received the backing of all those taking part in the 12th High-Level Meeting of the European [...]
2010 Apr 29 | Posted in
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