Belize, Mexico Work on Border Security Agreement to Combat Narco-Trafficking Ezra Fieser - Infosurhoy.com
go to original September 30, 2013

A delegation from Mexico’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs is seen at the Belize-Mexico border. Top diplomats from Mexico and neighboring Belize are discussing a security agreement that would bolster security along the border. (Mexico Foreign Affairs Ministry)

Belize and Mexico are discussing a security accord in response to an influx of international criminal organizations increasingly targeting the Central American country as a transshipment point for illicit drug shipments.

Top diplomats from the neighboring countries met in late August to discuss an agreement that would beef up security along the 251-kilometer border, which largely snakes along the Hondo River.

... The ministers did not set a timetable for the agreement.

With a 386-kilometer Caribbean coastline and inland borders with Mexico and Guatemala, Belize has become an increasingly important transshipment point in Central America for drug traffickers.

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