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PRESIDENT FELIPE CALDERON LAUNCHES AMBITIOUS CAMPAIGN AGAINST DRUG CARTELS.
SourceMex Economic News & Analysis on Mexico, January, 2007
President Felipe Calderon Hinojosa began his six-year term with a major military offensive against drug-trafficking operations in the states of Michoacan, Baja California, Guerrero, Sinaloa, Durango, and Chihuahua. The Mexican president deployed thousands of soldiers to the six states as part of an ambitious operation to take on drug-trafficking endeavors directly. The operations not only targeted the drug cartels but also some government entities suspected of collaborating with traffickers such as the police departments in Tijuana and some cities in Michoacan. In Tijuana, federal agencies confiscated all weapons from police officers and assumed all law-enforcement activities.
The crackdown is part of Calderon's campaign pledge to fight insecurity and crime....
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