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The blow struck against Mexico's most powerful drug lord was the latest in a series of headline-grabbing actions initiated by President Carlos Salinas de Gortari since he took office late last year. In January, after a sensational shoot-out in Ciudad Madero, police arrested Joaquin Hernandez Galicia, known...
The President's unexpected moxie has led to a dramatic transformation in his image. Dismissed as a colorless technocrat, variously derided by his fellow Mexicans as "El Chaparro" (Shorty) and "El Pelon de las Orejas" (Baldy with Big Ears), Salinas, 41, was considered an unlikely presidential candidate even by many...
The Salinas crackdown was greeted with cautious optimism by agents of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. Felix Gallardo, the richest and most cunning member of the infamous "Guadalajara cartel," is blamed for exporting at least two tons of cocaine to the U.S. each month. He is a prime suspect in...
Washington has made clear its willingness to help Salinas quietly in any way it can, but there is a growing perception among some U.S. officials that the Mexican leader is simply running out of time. If the country does not see tangible economic rewards within the next 18 months, a...
The more likely consequence is that the P.R.I., faced with the prospect of social instability, would abandon current economic reforms for quick-fix policies that would mollify the masses. As Mexicans are fond of pointing out, their country has a long tradition of avoiding seemingly inevitable political upheaval. "The P.R.I...