Observatorio Norteamericano

CRONOLOGIA AMÉRICA DEL NORTE DEL 15 AL 31 DE ENERO SEGURIDAD Y GOBERNABILIDAD Narcotráfico y crimen organizado 17 de enero Gil Kerlikowske, zar antidrogas de Estados Unidos, declara en una entrevista con El Tiempo , de Colombia, que la violencia de los cárteles de la droga de México no podrá expandirse a Estados Unidos. http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/183100.html 18 de enero Ramón Eduardo Pequeño, jefe de la división antidrogas de la Policía Federal, informa de la captura de Flavio Méndez Santiago, alias El Amarillo, líder y fundador de la organización delictiva de Los Zetas, por quien se ofrecía una recompensa de 15 millones de pesos. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/18/AR2011011802227_pf.html 19 de enero El Gobierno de Estados Unidos anuncia que mantendrá su ``alianza'' antidrogas con Colombia, pero con una reconducción de su estrategia hacia la prevención y el tratamiento de los adictos que prevé aplicar a nivel global, especialmente en ...

In Mexico, the violence generated by drug trafficking organizations (DTOs) in recent years has been, according to some, unprecedented. In 2006, Mexico’s newly elected President Felipe Calderón launched an aggressive campaign—an initiative that has defined his administration—against the DTOs that has been met with a violent response from the DTOs. Government enforcement efforts have had successes in removing some of the key leaders in all of the seven major DTOs. However, these efforts have led to violent succession struggles within the DTOs themselves. In July 2010, the Mexican government announced that more than 28,000 people had been killed in drug trafficking-related violence since December 2006 when President Calderón came to office. The growing security crisis in Mexico including the March 13, 2010, killing of three individuals connected to the U.S. consulate in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, (two of the victims were U.S. citizens) has drawn the attention of the U.S. Congress and has rais...