Calderon and Obama Meet and Try to Mend Fences on Counterdrug and Organized Crime Cooperation

On March 3, 2011, Mexican President Felipe Calderón met with U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington and put their best gloss over their counterdrug and organized crime cooperation policies, even though the heightened violence in Mexico, the unmitigated flow of drugs from Mexico north and the continued flow of guns and money to the U.S. show that the policy falls far short of its goals...(more)...