NCJ Number
176124
Date Published
1996
Length
29 pages
Annotation
This is a review of counternarcotics activities in Mexico.
Abstract
The report discusses: (1) the nature of the drug-trafficking threat from Mexico; (2) Mexican efforts to counter drug-trafficking activities; (3) the US strategy and programs intended to stem the flow of illegal drugs through Mexico; and (4) initiatives by the United States and Mexico to increase counternarcotics activities. The report does not review US efforts to interdict drugs at the border. Mexico continues to be a major transit point for cocaine, heroin, marijuana, and methamphetamine entering the United States. Traffickers have decreased the use of aircraft to move cocaine into Mexico, and increased the use of maritime vessels. Mexico eradicated substantial amounts of marijuana and opium poppy crops in 1995. However, US and Mexican interdiction efforts have had little, if any, impact on the overall flow of drugs through Mexico to the United States. Notes, figure, table, appendixes