Mexico President Says U.S. Shares Blame for Drug Violence

AFP
September 3, 2012

Outgoing Mexican President Felipe Calderon blamed loose US gun laws and American addicts for fueling his country’s drug violence as he defended his controversial anti-cartel offensive on Monday.

Presenting the final annual report of his presidency, Calderon insisted that his 2006 decision to deploy thousands of troops to round up drug traffickers was not to blame for the relentless crime wave plaguing the country.

The conservative leader, whose single six-year term ends December 1, said the wave of murders and kidnappings was linked to brutal turf wars being waged between Mexico’s ultra-violent drug cartels.

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This article was posted: Monday, September 3, 2012 at 3:20 pm

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