EFFORTS TO STOP NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS COMING FROM AND THROUGH MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA - DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE - DEPARTMENT OF STATE

• NCJ Number: 16445
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 54 pages
• Corporate Author: US Comptroller General
• Sale Source: Azimuth Inc.; National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

EXAMINATION OF MEXICO'S AND CENTRAL AMERICA'S ROLES IN SUPPLYING ILLICIT DRUGS TO THE UNITED STATES AND THE EFFORTS OF THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION AND THE UNITED STATES EMBASSIES TO CONFRONT THE PROBLEM.

Abstract

THIS REPORT FOCUSES ON THREE AREAS - DRUG SMUGGLING FROM MEXICO, ENFORCEMENT ACTION IN MEXICO, AND DRUG TRAFFICKING FROM AND THROUGH CENTRAL AMERICA. UNITED STATES' EFFORTS TO STOP THE FLOW OF DRUGS FROM MEXICO INCLUDE INTERDICTION (FORCIBLY PREVENTING SHIPMENT OF DRUGS TO THE UNITED STATES), ELIMINATING ILLICIT PRODUCTION IN MEXICO, AND ASSISTING THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT'S ANTIDRUG EFFORTS. THE LACK OF FULL COOPERATION BETWEEN THE TWO GOVERNMENTS CONCERNING DRUG INFORMATION AND EXTRADICTION, AND THE LIMITED TECHNICAL RESOURCES AND MANPOWER AVAILABLE TO MEXICO ARE DISCUSSED AS THE MAIN FACTORS HINDERING A GREATER REDUCTION IN THE FLOW OF DRUGS TO THE UNITED STATES. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ENCOURAGE THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT TO SHARE INFORMATION OBTAINED DURING INTERROGATION OF SUSPECTED DRUG TRAFFICKERS AND TO PROSECUTE TRAFFICKERS FLEEING TO MEXICO WITHIN THE MEXICAN JUDICIAL SYSTEM.