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Nov 30, 2010, 11:00 AM

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Any predictions on what the WikiLeaks documents will say about Mexico and or the Naros?

"WikiLeaks, a whistleblowing online site, obtained 2,836 U.S. documents related to Mexico and 8,324 documents related to narcotics -- both areas of great interest to the border region.

However, the public will have to wait to learn what most of those cables contain because WikiLeaks does not plan to release all 251,287 of its leaked documents at once."

raferguson

Nov 30, 2010, 8:57 PM

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Per the LA Times: WikiLeaks has amassed 2,836 classified or secret records relating to Mexico, but the website has made no announcement on when or if any of those records will be released.

My guess would be that it will show that the US is concerned about Mexico, and is following closely the war with the narcotrafficantes. In other words, what anybody who reads the paper would guess.

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Nov 30, 2010, 9:19 PM

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If you click the quote from the first post it is linked to an article from the el paso times that gives some examples of interesting information being released including ....

"The first leaked documents about drugs alleges that a relative of a high-level Afghanistan official was suspected of having links with drug lords who are involved in the opium trade, and the U.S. government ignored the information to avoid disrupting its relations with the Afghan government."

Perhaps information on dirty politicians in Mexico will be leaked as well ....

richmx2

Nov 30, 2010, 9:28 PM

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Documentation I've seen from Latin American consulates and embassies so far has been full of political gossip about various leaders. There has been mention of Mexico, in relation to spying on the Mexican UN delegates during the build-up to the U.S.-British-Spanish invasion of Iraq (something that's been known for several years -- Mexico was on the Security Council and refused to sign off on that adventure).

I expect cables from 2005-2006 (during the presidential campaign, when the U.S. was falling all over itself to portray the main opposition candidate as a "firebrand") to be mostly repetition of the kind of gossip that bolstered U.S. perceptions.

IF there are recent cables, they'll show concern for a post-Calderón administration, which is unlikely to continue the proxy war for U.S. narcotics control.

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Dec 2, 2010, 11:14 PM

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well the first docs have come out

Links to the WikiLeaks Documents:
Mexican Army's weaknesses, lack of coordination, human rights abuses & tense rivalry with the Navy
Click here
U.S. gave info to Mexico which lead to the death of Arturo Beltan Leyva
Click here
Possibility of establishing martial law in parts of the county like Tijuana or Juarez
Click here
Hillary Clinton expresses concern on how Mexican leadership is dealing with violence
Click here
Mexican government is running out of time, they need more resources and help from the U.S.
Click here

wendy devlin

Dec 4, 2010, 1:42 PM

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So far, several days of Wikileaks Mexico have not, from my POV revealed any information too secret.

However the context of the 2009 U.S. embassy cable that urges the Mexican government to seize control of at least three main cities, has tended to color my perception, of the importance of recent events in Colima.

From this perspective(and given that both President Felipe Calderon and the current national leader of the PRI were in attendance of Mexican naval/military celebrations in the Port of Manzanillo the same weekend that the ex-governor of Colima was assassinated...how could they not...mobilize quickly in the days following to secure the State.

Afterall, in this line of thinking, if the Mexican government failed to secure one of the smallest states in Mexico, how would this affect public perception?

Which is the gist of that specific cable directed towards securing hearts and minds.

(This post was edited by wendy devlin on Dec 4, 2010, 1:43 PM)

wendy devlin

Dec 4, 2010, 1:49 PM

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Wikileaks Mexico have been released after the November publication of 'Los Senores de Narco'.