US Methods to Combat Illegal Weapons Flowing Into Mexico Ineffective - Ex-Drug Czar Sputnik
go to original March 26, 2015

Washington's methods of preventing guns and money from illegally flowing into Mexico are ineffective, says former US director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy Barry McCaffrey.

The US government is not effectively combating the flow of weapons and money from the United States into the hands of Mexican drug cartels, says former US director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy Barry McCaffrey.

“I don’t think the United States has done enough to stop guns and money from going south into Mexico,” McCaffrey said. “President Barack Obama and this administration have walked away from the issue. It’s not the public focus.”

The former drug czar criticized the Obama administration for failing to address the role of the United States in stemming the southern flow of US weapons and money into the drug cartels and transnational criminal networks responsible for the majority of the flow of drugs within the Americas.

“I would like to see Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and Obama openly discuss the critical importance of drugs and crime to our binational agenda,” McCaffrey said, adding the problem is “intense and it’s getting worse.”

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