U.S. lobbies a hurdle in Mexico drug war: Calderon
March 28, 2010
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Powerful groups in the United States appear to be blocking efforts to stem the flow of assault weapons fueling Mexico's drug war, Mexican President Felipe Calderon said in an interview broadcast on Sunday.
Calderon, who has deployed tens of thousands of soldiers and police to fight drug cartels, told Fareed Zakaria's "GPS" program on CNN that there was resistance in Washington to Mexico's demands that sales of such weapons be stopped.
"They (U.S. officials) say that they are facing strong opposition and there is powerful lobbies in the Congress in order to change that situation," Calderon said in a pre-taped interview in Mexico City.
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Interesting. All those lobbyists still in DC. We need to do a good cleansing. The fact any American Congressman or White House does not step in to salvage the relationship between the US and Mexico and instead allows and permits these weapons of death to take not only Mexican lives, but also American is ... immoral.
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