johninajijic
Feb 10, 2011, 8:14 AM
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CNN REPORT from Alejandro Poire Mexico's National Security Officer
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 February 10, 2011
CNN) -- He's the face and voice of Mexico's strategy against drug trafficking and organized crime. In his capacity as national security spokesman, Alejandro Poire has the unenviable task of telling Mexicans -- and the world -- about his government's fight against organized crime, which have been widely criticized. CNN's Rafael Romo asked Poire 10 questions about the status of Mexico's war on drugs.
More than 34,000 people have died in drug-related violence during the four years that President Felipe Calderon has been in power. Based on your own estimates, last year was the worst with 15,273 deaths. Is violence in Mexico out of control?
The level of violence last year was the highest that we have had in a long time, but it is also the case that towards the end of the last year and the last trimester we saw a significant decrease in the number of deaths overall in Mexico. We have a comprehensive strategy and we have shown significant successes.
We have seen an increase in violent incidents in places like Acapulco, which used to be safe. How widespread is violence in Mexico?
Violence is heavily concentrated. Fifty percent of all deaths last year in Mexico happened in only three out of 32 states in the country -- Chihuahua, Sinaloa, and Tamaulipas. ...
Rest of article [2 pages]: http://articles.cnn.com/2011-02-09/world/mexico.violence_1_alejandro-poire-drug-cartels-federal-police-officers?_s=PM:WORLD
[edited in the interests of netiquette - please note that it is not acceptable to post the entire text of articles copyrighted by anyone other than the poster or MexConnect]
(This post was edited by tonyburton on Feb 10, 2011, 9:03 AM)
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