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Multi-Agency Plan to Fight Spillover Violence
Caused by Drug War Against Cartels in Mexico
Caused by Drug War Against Cartels in Mexico
Phoenix, Arizona. March 24, 2009 – Former Arizona Governor and Department of Homeland Security
Secretary Janet Napolitano announced today various initiatives to launch a crack down on criminal
activity by Mexican drug cartels in the U.S. The plan seeks to implement improved security measures
at the southwestern border by adding more personnel, increasing intelligence resources and better
the coordination with state, local and Mexican law enforcement agencies.
The Obama administration is unveiling this ambitious, multi-agency plan to assists Mexico in
counterattacking the alarming escalation of violence caused by powerful Mexican drug cartels. The
United States will support the Mexican government’s effort against the drug-trafficking organizations
by allocating money, personnel and technology for the fight against drug-trafficking.
Secretary Napolitano said the issue of drug-trafficking related violence in Mexico, and the spillover
effects in the U.S., requires immediate action. “We are guided by two very clear objectives” –
Napolitano is quoted in a press release by Homeland Security. “First, we are going to do everything
we can to prevent the violence in Mexico from spilling over across the border. And second, we will do
all in our power to help President Calderón crack down on these drug cartels in Mexico.”
For the last two years, Mexican authorities have been cracking down on traffickers, which have
resulted in a bloody counterattack by the cartels, as they also have been clash against each other
over the control of strategic territories for drug-trafficking.
The plan highlights the sharing of information and integration with law enforcement agencies at the
state and local level, and seeks to engage authorities across the border of Mexico. Napolitano aims to
boost personnel and expand screening and technology so the Mexican government can target illegal
guns, drugs and cash.
In addition, DHS will initiate strategic redeployments totaling more than 360 additional officers and
agents at the border and in Mexico. Costs across the board, totaling up to $184 million, will be
revenue neutral, funded by realigning from less urgent activities, fund balances, and, in some cases,
reprogramming.
The plan includes the following measures:
Secretary Janet Napolitano announced today various initiatives to launch a crack down on criminal
activity by Mexican drug cartels in the U.S. The plan seeks to implement improved security measures
at the southwestern border by adding more personnel, increasing intelligence resources and better
the coordination with state, local and Mexican law enforcement agencies.
The Obama administration is unveiling this ambitious, multi-agency plan to assists Mexico in
counterattacking the alarming escalation of violence caused by powerful Mexican drug cartels. The
United States will support the Mexican government’s effort against the drug-trafficking organizations
by allocating money, personnel and technology for the fight against drug-trafficking.
Secretary Napolitano said the issue of drug-trafficking related violence in Mexico, and the spillover
effects in the U.S., requires immediate action. “We are guided by two very clear objectives” –
Napolitano is quoted in a press release by Homeland Security. “First, we are going to do everything
we can to prevent the violence in Mexico from spilling over across the border. And second, we will do
all in our power to help President Calderón crack down on these drug cartels in Mexico.”
For the last two years, Mexican authorities have been cracking down on traffickers, which have
resulted in a bloody counterattack by the cartels, as they also have been clash against each other
over the control of strategic territories for drug-trafficking.
The plan highlights the sharing of information and integration with law enforcement agencies at the
state and local level, and seeks to engage authorities across the border of Mexico. Napolitano aims to
boost personnel and expand screening and technology so the Mexican government can target illegal
guns, drugs and cash.
In addition, DHS will initiate strategic redeployments totaling more than 360 additional officers and
agents at the border and in Mexico. Costs across the board, totaling up to $184 million, will be
revenue neutral, funded by realigning from less urgent activities, fund balances, and, in some cases,
reprogramming.
The plan includes the following measures:
- DHS will double assignments to ICE’s Border Enforcement Security Task Forces (BEST), from 95
to 190. - To increase ICE Attaché personnel, agents working in troubled areas in Mexico such as Ciudad
Juarez and Hermosillo. - To double agents assigned to Criminal Alien Program Violent Criminal Alien Sections, located in
the five Southwest border field offices. - To send new technology to the border including biometric identification deployment at locations
at the highest risk for violence committed by criminal aliens. - To enhance resources at ports of entry, moving more Z-Backscatter mobile X-ray units.
- Upgraded License Plate Readers, which help identify suspected smugglers’ vehicles, will be
installed on 52 out of 110 outbound lanes.
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