, EFE, RTVE.es, 05/11/2010 00:15 hrs., extracto.-
* El dato lo ha revelado el periódico Reforma
* Es la mayor cifra registrada en un año durante el mandato de Calderón
Los asesinatos ligados con el crimen organizado en México suman ya 10.035 casos en lo que van de 2010, e incluyen a 52 militares y 637 policías, según ha revelado el periódico Reforma, que recuerda que la cifra es ya la mayor registrada en un año durante el mandato de Felipe Calderón.
El presidente de México, quien asumió el poder el 1 de diciembre de 2006, ha convertido la lucha contra los cárteles en una de sus prioridades políticas y colocado al Ejército al frente de esa lucha.
El artículo que acompaña el recuento del 'Ejecutómetro', como se conoce la sección que ofrece ocasionalmente los datos, incluye comentarios de varios expertos en justicia y seguridad pública, que demandan una nueva estrategia desde el Gobierno para acotar la ola de violencia que asedia al país.
Chihuahua, el estado más afectado por la violencia
De los 32 estados de México, el más afectado por la violencia es con diferencia el norteño de Chihuahua, con 2.797 asesinatos (27,8%) seguido por Sinaloa, con 1.795 (17,8%); Guerrero, con 786 (7,8%); Durango con 700 (6,9%); Tamaulipas, con 653 (6,5%); y Nuevo León, con 524 (5,2%).
En el extremo contrario, están Tlaxcala, con una muerte, seguido por Campeche, con dos, y por Baja California Sur, con seis casos.
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viernes, noviembre 05, 2010
viernes, septiembre 17, 2010
Uso de drogas en EU, en máximo histórico - El Universal - México
El Universal - México, Washington, 17/09/2010, extracto.-El consumo de drogas ilegales en Estados Unidos aumentó 8.7% en 2009, el nivel más alto en una década, debido al incremento del uso de la mariguana, según fuentes oficiales.
Un dato curioso dado a conocer por la Administración de Servicios Sanitarios Mentales y de Abuso de Sustancias (Samhsa), es el aumento del consumo de estas drogas en personas de 50 y 59 años, al pasar de 2.7% a 6.2% entre 2002 y 2009.
Resultados de una encuesta basada en entrevistas a 67 mil 500 personas, consideran drogas ilícitas la mariguana, cocaína (incluido el crack), heroína, alucinógenos e inhalantes.
Refiere que otras de las drogas que aumentaron su consumo fueron el éxtasis, de 550 mil a 760 mil consumidores, y la metanfetamina crystal, de 314 mil a 502 mil.
En cambio, los consumidores de cocaína de 12 años o mayores fueron 1.6 millones, una proporción similar a la de 2008, pero por debajo de las estimaciones de 2006, cuando había 2.4 millones de adictos.
El aumento en el consumo de drogas es el de mayor nivel desde 2002, cuando comenzó el sondeo realizado por Samhsa, y por delante del año 2006 pues en ambos casos el porcentaje se situó en 8.3%.
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sábado, agosto 14, 2010
The U.S. is turning away from Mexico's failing drug war - editorial - The Washington Post
The Washington Post, editorial, 14/08/2010, extracto.-
GIVE MEXICAN President Felipe Calderón credit for honesty as well as courage. Last week he presided over a three-day public conference to assess the results of nearly four years of war against Mexico's drug cartels. Most of the facts were grim:
-- According to the chief of the national intelligence service, 28,000 people have died violently since Mr. Calderón deployed the Mexican army against the drug gangs in December 2006. That number represents an increase of 3,000 over the death toll the government reported earlier this summer.
-- There have been 963 incidents involving federal forces and the gangs since the offensive began -- or just about one per day.
-- Mexican authorities have seized more than 84,000 weapons, including thousands of high-powered assault rifles, grenades and other military-caliber equipment. More than 80 percent of the guns whose provenance could be traced came from the United States.
-- The ferocity of the violence continues to escalate as drug gangs import the tactics of al-Qaeda and the Taliban. To kidnappings, beheadings and massacres of innocent civilians and even children can now be added car bombs -- two of which have been detonated in northern cities in the past few weeks.
Mr. Calderón bluntly spelled out the threat the cartels represent to Mexico. "The behavior of the criminals has changed and become a defiance to the state, an attempt to replace the state," he said. Drug lords are collecting their own taxes from businesses in some areas. According to the secretary of public security, they are spending $1.2 billion a year to buy the allegiance of 165,000 police officers.
Preventing the sort of cartel takeover that Mr. Calderón warned of is a vital interest of the United States -- which is why the Obama administration and Congress could benefit from their own truth-telling session about Mexico. Congress has appropriated $1.3 billion since 2008 to help Mexico fight drug trafficking, but because of poor implementation and bureaucratic delays, only a fraction of the money has been spent. Mexican forces are still waiting for badly needed U.S. helicopters, surveillance planes and drones as well as training programs in areas such as money laundering.
GIVE MEXICAN President Felipe Calderón credit for honesty as well as courage. Last week he presided over a three-day public conference to assess the results of nearly four years of war against Mexico's drug cartels. Most of the facts were grim:
-- According to the chief of the national intelligence service, 28,000 people have died violently since Mr. Calderón deployed the Mexican army against the drug gangs in December 2006. That number represents an increase of 3,000 over the death toll the government reported earlier this summer.
-- There have been 963 incidents involving federal forces and the gangs since the offensive began -- or just about one per day.
-- Mexican authorities have seized more than 84,000 weapons, including thousands of high-powered assault rifles, grenades and other military-caliber equipment. More than 80 percent of the guns whose provenance could be traced came from the United States.
-- The ferocity of the violence continues to escalate as drug gangs import the tactics of al-Qaeda and the Taliban. To kidnappings, beheadings and massacres of innocent civilians and even children can now be added car bombs -- two of which have been detonated in northern cities in the past few weeks.
Mr. Calderón bluntly spelled out the threat the cartels represent to Mexico. "The behavior of the criminals has changed and become a defiance to the state, an attempt to replace the state," he said. Drug lords are collecting their own taxes from businesses in some areas. According to the secretary of public security, they are spending $1.2 billion a year to buy the allegiance of 165,000 police officers.
Preventing the sort of cartel takeover that Mr. Calderón warned of is a vital interest of the United States -- which is why the Obama administration and Congress could benefit from their own truth-telling session about Mexico. Congress has appropriated $1.3 billion since 2008 to help Mexico fight drug trafficking, but because of poor implementation and bureaucratic delays, only a fraction of the money has been spent. Mexican forces are still waiting for badly needed U.S. helicopters, surveillance planes and drones as well as training programs in areas such as money laundering.
EU no ha apoyado a México en lucha contra crimen, critica el Washington Post - Milenio mx
Milenio, Washington, 14/08/2010, extracto.-
En su principal editorial institucional, el matutino estadunidense destacó la “honestidad y el valor” del presidente mexicano Felipe Calderón para combatir al crimen organizado en una lucha que ha costado 28 mil vidas desde el inicio de la ofensiva en 2006.
La administración Obama y el Congreso estadunidense no han dado una respuesta de apoyo a México a la altura de los problemas de su vecino, conforme éste confronta la guerra contra los cárteles del narcotráfico, señaló hoy The Washington Post.
En su principal editorial institucional, el matutino estadunidense destacó la “honestidad y el valor” del presidente mexicano Felipe Calderón para combatir al crimen organizado en una lucha que ha costado 28 mil vidas desde el inicio de la ofensiva en 2006.
Sin embargo lamentó que a pesar del interés vital de México para Estados Unidos, sólo ha recibido una porción de la ayuda de mil 300 millones de dólares a través de la Iniciativa Mérida “debido a una pobre implementación y a retrasos burocráticos”.
“Las fuerzas mexicanas aún están esperando los muy necesarios helicópteros de Estados Unidos, aviones de vigilancia y programas de entrenamiento en áreas como el lavado de dinero”, lamentó el editorial.
“Peor aún, la administración Obama se ha retractado en su obligación de combatir el tráfico ilegal de armas a México, incluidas las ventas impropias de muchas de las siete mil armerías ubicadas en la frontera”, remató.
The Washington Post recordó que durante la más reciente visita del presidente Felipe Calderón a Washington en mayo, el mandatario pidió la restauración de la prohibición de la venta de armas de asalto, que fue dejada expirar por el presidente George W. Bush en 2004.
“Como es tan frecuente, cuando se trata de las necesidades de este importante vecino, no ha habido respuesta”, finalizó el rotativo.
En su principal editorial institucional, el matutino estadunidense destacó la “honestidad y el valor” del presidente mexicano Felipe Calderón para combatir al crimen organizado en una lucha que ha costado 28 mil vidas desde el inicio de la ofensiva en 2006.
La administración Obama y el Congreso estadunidense no han dado una respuesta de apoyo a México a la altura de los problemas de su vecino, conforme éste confronta la guerra contra los cárteles del narcotráfico, señaló hoy The Washington Post.
En su principal editorial institucional, el matutino estadunidense destacó la “honestidad y el valor” del presidente mexicano Felipe Calderón para combatir al crimen organizado en una lucha que ha costado 28 mil vidas desde el inicio de la ofensiva en 2006.
Sin embargo lamentó que a pesar del interés vital de México para Estados Unidos, sólo ha recibido una porción de la ayuda de mil 300 millones de dólares a través de la Iniciativa Mérida “debido a una pobre implementación y a retrasos burocráticos”.
“Las fuerzas mexicanas aún están esperando los muy necesarios helicópteros de Estados Unidos, aviones de vigilancia y programas de entrenamiento en áreas como el lavado de dinero”, lamentó el editorial.
“Peor aún, la administración Obama se ha retractado en su obligación de combatir el tráfico ilegal de armas a México, incluidas las ventas impropias de muchas de las siete mil armerías ubicadas en la frontera”, remató.
The Washington Post recordó que durante la más reciente visita del presidente Felipe Calderón a Washington en mayo, el mandatario pidió la restauración de la prohibición de la venta de armas de asalto, que fue dejada expirar por el presidente George W. Bush en 2004.
“Como es tan frecuente, cuando se trata de las necesidades de este importante vecino, no ha habido respuesta”, finalizó el rotativo.
- The U.S. is turning away from Mexico's failing drug war, The Washington Post, editorial, 14/08/2010
jueves, mayo 20, 2010
NPR - Mexico Seems To Favor Sinaloa Cartel In Drug War - John Burnett, Marisa Peñaloza and Robert Benincasa
NPR, 19/05/2010, Mexico Seems To Favor Sinaloa Cartel In Drug War, by JOHN BURNETT , MARISA PEÑALOZA and ROBERT BENINCASA, excerpt/extracto.-
Mexican President Felipe Calderon is in Washington on Wednesday for an official state visit. His battle against the violent drug cartels is high on the agenda.
Calderon has deployed 45,000 federal troops and police to combat the drug gangs. Yet in the midst of this crackdown, the Sinaloa cartel — the largest, oldest and richest in Mexico — appears to be flourishing.
An NPR News investigation has found strong evidence of collusion between elements of the Mexican army and the Sinaloa cartel in the violent border city of Juarez.
Dozens of interviews with current and former law enforcement agents, organized crime experts, elected representatives, and victims of violence suggest that the Sinaloans depend on bribes to top government officials to help their leader, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, elude capture, expand his empire and keep his operatives out of jail.
"I work in the police and because of this I know the government is protecting Chapo Guzman. It's hitting all the cartels but Chapo," said Luis Arturo Perez Torres, 25, until recently a federal police officer stationed in a suburb of Mexico City.
Guzman is the world's most wanted drug lord. His home base is the Pacific coastal state of Sinaloa, known as Mexico's "Sicily." It's the premier narco-state, with a long coastline for smuggling cocaine from South America, and rugged mountains to hide cannabis crops.
Manuel Clouthier, a congressman from Sinaloa state and a member of Calderon's political party, is deeply frustrated by his country's drug war. He says drug-related murders average 200 a month in his state.
Mexican President Felipe Calderon is in Washington on Wednesday for an official state visit. His battle against the violent drug cartels is high on the agenda.
Calderon has deployed 45,000 federal troops and police to combat the drug gangs. Yet in the midst of this crackdown, the Sinaloa cartel — the largest, oldest and richest in Mexico — appears to be flourishing.
An NPR News investigation has found strong evidence of collusion between elements of the Mexican army and the Sinaloa cartel in the violent border city of Juarez.
Dozens of interviews with current and former law enforcement agents, organized crime experts, elected representatives, and victims of violence suggest that the Sinaloans depend on bribes to top government officials to help their leader, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, elude capture, expand his empire and keep his operatives out of jail.
"I work in the police and because of this I know the government is protecting Chapo Guzman. It's hitting all the cartels but Chapo," said Luis Arturo Perez Torres, 25, until recently a federal police officer stationed in a suburb of Mexico City.
Guzman is the world's most wanted drug lord. His home base is the Pacific coastal state of Sinaloa, known as Mexico's "Sicily." It's the premier narco-state, with a long coastline for smuggling cocaine from South America, and rugged mountains to hide cannabis crops.
Manuel Clouthier, a congressman from Sinaloa state and a member of Calderon's political party, is deeply frustrated by his country's drug war. He says drug-related murders average 200 a month in his state.
miércoles, abril 14, 2010
Mexico death toll in drug war higher than previously reported - latimes.com
Los Angeles Times, 14/04/2010, extracto.-
The death toll from the Mexican government's three-year war on drug cartels is far higher than previously reported -- more than 22,000, according to news reports published Tuesday that cited confidential government figures.
The figure is significantly higher than tallies assembled by Mexican media. They estimate that more than 18,000 people have died since President Felipe Calderon launched a crackdown against drug-trafficking groups after taking office in December 2006.
The unofficial media tallies have often been cited by foreign news outlets, including The Times.
The government has seldom released official counts of those killed in the skyrocketing violence, which stems largely from fighting between rival drug-trafficking groups.
The Interior Ministry said Tuesday that it was preparing to make its count public, but it had not issued its report by the evening.
The daily Reforma newspaper first published the toll number, which it said was contained in a confidential file that top security officials gave federal senators during a hearing Monday. The Associated Press, which said it had gained access to the report, said the total given was 22,700.
The death toll from the Mexican government's three-year war on drug cartels is far higher than previously reported -- more than 22,000, according to news reports published Tuesday that cited confidential government figures.
The figure is significantly higher than tallies assembled by Mexican media. They estimate that more than 18,000 people have died since President Felipe Calderon launched a crackdown against drug-trafficking groups after taking office in December 2006.
The unofficial media tallies have often been cited by foreign news outlets, including The Times.
The government has seldom released official counts of those killed in the skyrocketing violence, which stems largely from fighting between rival drug-trafficking groups.
The Interior Ministry said Tuesday that it was preparing to make its count public, but it had not issued its report by the evening.
The daily Reforma newspaper first published the toll number, which it said was contained in a confidential file that top security officials gave federal senators during a hearing Monday. The Associated Press, which said it had gained access to the report, said the total given was 22,700.
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