Mexican official: CIA 'manages' drug trade

[Marenco]

Mexican official: CIA 'manages' drug trade

Spokesman for Chihuahua state says US agencies don't want to end drug trade, a claim denied by other Mexican officials.

Chris Arsenault 24 Jul 2012 14:16

Juarez, Mexico - The US Central Intelligence Agency and other international security forces "don't fight drug traffickers", a spokesman for the Chihuahua state government in northern Mexico has told Al Jazeera, instead "they try to manage the drug trade".

Allegations about official complicity in the drug business are nothing new when they come from activists, professors, campaigners or even former officials. However, an official spokesman for the authorities in one of Mexico's most violent states - one which directly borders Texas - going on the record with such accusations is unique.

"It's like pest control companies, they only control," Guillermo Terrazas Villanueva, the Chihuahua spokesman, told Al Jazeera last month at his office in Juarez. "If you finish off the pests, you are out of a job. If they finish the drug business, they finish their jobs."



Read More: http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2012/07/2012721152715628181.html

[libertyjam]

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[ghengis86]

Uh, hasn't this always been the case?

[Bruno]

Uh, hasn't this always been the case?

Yes, but some people don't know it, or refuse to believe conspiracies can exist, and this is a current Mexican official of a border state providing this viewpoint, which is a rarity according to the article.

[MoneyWhereMyMouthIs2]

Sounds like he's asking for a raise... but I'd say this will more likely get him terminated.

[seraphson]

Makes logical sense from a jobs security perspective. Smedley's War is a Racket eloquently applies to not just actual wars but also these phantasmical "wars" such as the war on drugs or war on poverty. They're all rackets to siphon money and control to a select few which is easily done since they give the meager impression of good intentions. I read once that the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

[FrankRep]

http://www.thenewamerican.com/media/k2/items/cache/5e0ab769d88ee87d61c3051d7691a8b4_S.jpg



A spokesman for the Mexican state of Chihuahua has become the latest high-profile individual to accuse the CIA of efforts to “manage the drug trade.”


CIA "Manages" Drug Trade, Mexican Official Says (http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/crime/item/12247-cia-%E2%80%9Cmanages%E2%80%9D-drug-trade-mexican-official-says)

Alex Newman | The New American (http://www.thenewamerican.com/)
28 July 2012



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[Indy Vidual]

You mean Iran-Contra wasn't an isolated incident? ;)

[Dr.3D]

Wow, it took them this long to figure that out?

[phill4paul]

Would rather read the headline...

CIA manages drug trade in the U.S., President Paul says.

[jmdrake]

http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2011/02/14/us-air-force-c17-transport-caught-smuggling-arms-and-drugs-into-argentina/

US Air Force C17 transport caught smuggling arms and drugs into Argentina
Pagina/12 Report – February 14, 2011

Translation by Aletho News:

Argentina’s foreign ministry has issued a press release stating that it will be making a formal protest over undeclared weapons and drugs brought into the nation at Ezeiza last Thursday.

A manifest provided by the US did not list war materiel and drugs which were seized by Argentine authorities.

Among the confiscated materiel were communications interception equipment, encrypted communications equipment, sophisticated GPS devices, high power rifles, a machine gun and narcotics as well as a full trunk of expired pharmaceuticals including stimulants. All boxes had the stamp of the 7th Army Airborne Brigade based in North Carolina.

The Argentine government estimates the value of the goods and the C17 transport expenses to exceed $2 million.

The unreported contents also included an odd brochure with the phrase “I am a United States soldier. Please report to my embassy I have been arrested by the country.” translated into fifteen languages.

US documents described the shipment as intended for an Argentine government approved Federal police training course.

Argentina reiterated that it does not wish for the internal security practices of Rio’s favelas or El Salvador’s gangs to be the model for the Argentine nation.

The Argentine government will be suspending the police training program.

Argentina’s ambassador to the US described the situation as “a shameful embarrassment” before returning the cargo to North Carolina.

It is noted that any Argentine, civilian or military, who attempted to smuggle weapons and drugs into the US would be arrested immediately.