Mexico's War on Drugs

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Mexico's President Fox has issued a moving evocation for citizens to join him in eliminating drug traffic in their country. Once an impossible challenge because of judicial and law-enforcement institutions that were puppets to a corrupt government, Fox is determined to rid Mexico of its brutal drug cartels. Such a difficult challenge affords a variety of opinions about his chance of success. We'll hear from a reporter covering the US-Mexico border, specialists in US-Mexican relations, and a former US drug enforcement officer.
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Claremont Institute

Global Exchange

Green Party

Western Power Trading Forum

Los Angeles Times

UCSD's Latin American Studies Dept.

Center for the Research and Teaching of Economics

Autonomous Institute of Technology

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Host:

Warren Olney

Producer:

Frances Anderton