United States ambassador to Mexico has called for extra enforcements to counter the ongoing arms traffic from America into the violence-plagued Hispanic nation
07 Eylül 2009 Pazartesi 13:42
Carlos Pascual, newly appointed as the US ambassador to Mexico City, said on Friday that there were groups in America smuggling weapons across the border into Mexico and into the hands of infamous drug traders.
Speaking at the US-Mexico Border Governors Conference on security and environmental issues, Pascual said, "We cannot continue to arm the cartels," referring to the stealth cross-border arms transit, which is meant to equip Mexico's criminal gangs responsible for around 10,000 deaths over the past two years alone.
The US diplomat, however, did not specify any outlaw groups that mostly use the southern state of Texas to ship weapons into Mexican cities.
Mexico has been grappling with years of violence escalated by the nation's powerful drug cartels that run international networks of narcotics and operate in different continents.
La Familia and Los Zetas are amongst the key drug cartels that have recently stepped up anti-government campaigns through fear-mongering and decapitating rivals and 'snitches' throughout Mexico.
The ruthless groups have also infiltrated into the country's local government offices, challenging President Felipe Calderon's bid to uproot the criminals.
Carlos Pascual, newly appointed as the US ambassador to Mexico City, said on Friday that there were groups in America smuggling weapons across the border into Mexico and into the hands of infamous drug traders. 
