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...agreed to mend fences by focusing on the bilateral issues that bind the two countries rather than on the problems that set them apart. "The Americans called and virtually asked us what we would like to have happen during the meetings," said a close aide to De la Madrid before the meeting. "We are very encouraged because they have never behaved in this way before...
...Mexican optimism was well founded. After a talk that lasted nearly three hours, Reagan and De la Madrid stepped onto the South Lawn of the White House eager to stress the positive. Applauding the "determined and valiant effort" of the Mexican government and people to reverse their economic misfortunes, Reagan said the "Government of the U.S. is ready to extend a hand whenever and wherever it is necessary." In response, an unusually relaxed De la Madrid extolled "an extraordinary effort to better the atmosphere of our relations." As a small symbol of their neighborly feelings, Reagan and De la Madrid...
...Madrid remained optimistic and diplomatic throughout his 48-hour stay. On the issue of drugs, the 51-year-old technocrat pledged to keep fighting the illegal trade, while reminding his American listeners that 25,000 Mexican officials are working full time on the issue and that in the past three years, they have destroyed enough drug-growing plantations "to intoxicate a population twice the size of the U.S." He scotched reports that an agreement would be reached entitling U.S. planes to pursue drug traffickers across the border and into Mexico...
Even when it came to the issue of Central America, the most stubborn bone of contention in previous meetings, De la Madrid tried to strike a tone at once understanding and independent. He conceded that little success had been met by the Contadora Group, in which Mexico joins Colombia, Venezuela and Panama to work for a negotiated settlement of the region's conflicts. But in a pointed criticism of Washington's support of the contras in Nicaragua, he stressed that "violence will not take care of the problems...
...over half of Mexico's territory in 1848. These days Mexico is producing roughly a third of all the heroin and marijuana consumed in the U.S. It has become a transshipment point for 30% of the cocaine flown into the U.S. from Colombia and further south. Unless De la Madrid acts soon, Washington fears, official corruption, already widespread, will become even more deeply rooted. "How long does it take for drug dealers to penetrate the government?" asks Assistant Secretary of State Elliott Abrams. "It doesn't take a month, but it doesn't take ten years either...