Sortir de la "guerre contre la drogue"

En cette occasion on récupère un article de Maurice Lemoine paru dans l’édition Janvier 2015 de Le Monde Diplomatique,  recensant deux ouvrages qui prennet per cible d’un côté (Roberto Saviano) les caractéristiques actuelles du trafic de cocaïne et de l’autre (Johann Hari) la perspective historique de la guerre contre les drogues (war on drugs) et son échec. Comme d’ habitude on a ajouté des hyperliens et information supplémentaire d’ autres sources à la fin du texte.

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Roberto Saviano : une enquête qui sent la poudre

Roberto Saviano : une enquête qui sent la poudre

Roberto Saviano : une enquête qui sent la poudre

Roberto Saviano : une enquête qui sent la poudre

Sortir de la « guerre contre la drogue »

par Maurice Lemoine

Longtemps « coke » et « ultraviolence » ont eu pour synonyme « Colombie ». Les temps ont changé. Le pays où la drogue déchaîne une folie meurtrière s’appelle aujourd’hui Mexique. L’écrivain et journaliste italien Roberto Saviano, menacé de mort par la Mafia et vivant sous protection policière depuis la publication de Gomorra, y a poursuivi son travail sur le crime organisé.

Mexico: War on Drugs and Human Rights. A crave for justice.

 On November 9th  Human Rights Watch issued an extensive 212-page report, Neither rights nor security, on the human rights consequences of the War on Drugs in Mexico, officially (greater involvement of the Mexican Army) in its sixth year. In the wake of the death of Mr. Francisco Blake Mora, Mexico's Interior Minister   in an apparent helicopter accident and the widening of the ATF gun running  sting operation (Fast and Furious)scandal in US Congress. The report examines the rising numbers of  enforced disappearances, arbitrary killings and torture cases attributed to State  forces (both Police and Military), also noting violence exerted by Non-State actors against civilian population. 

While HRW officials were able to meet Mr.Felipe Calderon, Mexico's president, to voice their concerns, Mexican NGO and social movements, who have been systematically  denouncing the high price that Mexican Society (latest example, asking the ICC to look into President Calderon's responsibility) is paying in the current climate of violence have not been heard. Additionally it shall be noted that the extent and depth of US involvement in the Mexican situation (notably through DEA, CIA and DOD) is essentially kept away from the public. We reproduce the report´s  executive summary adding underlining, highlights, hyperlinks, video, graphics and  pictures.Related and updated background material at the end.

Killing on the name of...The so-called war on drugs being waged by Mexican military and police forces has translated into thousands of civilian deaths. US authorities have yet to publicly reprimand or express concern about the  widespread  human rights violations happening right now south of their border.  Picture 823,925 Kgs of seized cocaine are incinerated at a naval base in 2009 Getty Images.

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Neither Rights Nor Security 

Killings, Torture, and Disappearances in Mexico’s “War on Drugs”

It has been nearly five years since President Felipe Calderón declared “war” organized crime in Mexico. In the time since, the country has experienced a staggering rise in violence. After declining steadily for nearly two decades, the overall homicide rate grew by over 260% percent from 2007 to 2010.