Word: mexicans
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...lack of celebration reflected genuine security concerns. Mexico has seen more than 800 police and soldiers shot dead, stabbed or even decapitated since January 2008 as well as a grenade attack on a U.S. consulate. The Mexican security forces and the entourage of Secret Service agents were taking no chances to allow Obama to even step on the streets of Mexico City. After flying by helicopter into a key military base, he stuck within a square mile of the presidential palace and was out of the country on Friday after less than 20 hours. (See behind the scenes pictures from...
...whatever the reasons, the closed nature of his first stop in Latin America contributed to disappointed headlines in Mexican newspapers. "Obama Opens His Arms But Makes Little Commitment," rattled out the top-selling El Universal newspaper. "Lots of Praise, No Agreements," blared El Milenio. "Only Good Wishes in Calderon and Obama's Date," said the leftist La Jornada...
...What's going on in Mexico, across the border, in Juarez, requires that we support the government of Mexico in its very valiant, courageous effort to both stem violence and also deal with the drug trafficking organizations." - on working with Mexican officials (CNN April...
Obama's visit has a little more security than that of most U.S. tourists. Amid almost 8,000 drug-related murders here since January 2008, more than 4,500 Mexican police are being sent out to protect Obama in the few central Mexico City locations he will visit. He is not scheduled to step onto the streets but to move in a helicopter and special bulletproof limousine known as "the Beast." (See pictures of the Great Wall of America...
...officials welcome Obama for pledging to stand shoulder to shoulder against the drug gangs. Deputy Attorney General Salvador Ortiz says U.S. aid would be a valuable asset in fighting the gangs. He also says it would be useful to have U.S. agents work more closely in the training of Mexican police and prosecutors, a marked change from the aggressive nationalism long held by many Mexican officials. "It is positive for us to move toward a more American-style system of law enforcement," Ortiz says. "And to do this, it is constructive to have U.S. agents sharing advanced techniques of evidence...