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The US, Mexico and the War on Drugs
President Bush and Congress may be willing to spend a billion American dollars to help Mexico's President Calderon control drug traffic, official corruption and brutal violence. Will US aid come with strings attached? Will it work? Is it time to re-think prohibition as the basis of the "war on drugs?" Also, President Bush invokes Vietnam to support America's stand in Iraq, and a UFO hoax and true believers.
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenPresident Bush and Congress may be willing to spend a billion American dollars to help Mexico's President Calderon control drug traffic, official corruption and brutal violence. Will US aid come with strings attached? Will it work? Is it time to re-think prohibition as the basis of the "war on drugs?" Also, President Bush invokes Vietnam to support America's stand in Iraq and, On Reporter’s Notebook, UFO videos and the refusal of YouTube viewers not to believe.
Members of Mexico's Federal Agency of Investigation (AFI) arrest a man during an anti-narcotics operation in Guerrero, a neighborhood of Mexico City, 25 January 2007. Since becoming president, Felipe Calderón has launched three operations against illegal drug traffickers that involved a total of about 20,000 troops and police officers, targeting drug operations in Tijuana, and the states of Michoacán and Guerrero.
Photo: Alfredo Estrella/AFP/Getty Images
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