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Drug Control: Revised Drug Interdiction Approach Is Needed in Mexico

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date May 10, 1993
Report No. NSIAD-93-152
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Summary:

Mexico is now the main route used by South American drug traffickers to bring cocaine into the United States. The Drug Enforcement Administration reports that two-thirds of the cocaine smuggled into the United States during 1990--an estimated 350 metric tons--was channeled through Mexico. The United States and Mexico started up the Northern Border Response Force Program in 1990 to interdict South American drug traffickers and make northern Mexico an unattractive staging area for U.S.-bound cocaine shipments. The United States has provided nearly $40 million in direct assistance for the program so far. This report examines (1) the status of the program, (2) problems encountered in implementing the program, and (3) future plans to expand drug interdiction activities in Mexico and neighboring Latin American countries.

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