Huge US anti-drugs program in Central America is not imminent, Biden says

[Judi Lynn]

Agence France-Presse
August 7, 2014 11:47

Huge US anti-drugs program in Central America is not imminent, Biden says

Regional leaders who met with US President Barack Obama recently floated the idea of the US bankrolling a massive military aid program aimed at crushing the illegal drug trade.

The United States on Wednesday downplayed hopes of Washington launching a massive anti-drugs program in Central America to help deter emigration.

At least 57,000 unaccompanied children, most from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, have entered the United States illegally since October, triggering a migration crisis that has sent US border and immigration authorities into a frenzy.

Regional leaders who met with US President Barack Obama recently floated the idea of the United States bankrolling a massive military aid program that would be aimed at crushing the illegal drug trade; it is one of the main factors affecting these countries, along with poverty and other gang violence often linked to drugs.

The United States has just such a program for Bogota, its closest ally in Latin America; Washington already has spent more than $8 billion on "Plan Colombia," which targets insurgencies and drug trafficking.

More:
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/cambodia/140807/huge-us-anti-drugs-program-central-america-not--0

[pbmus]

1. ... Prohibition ?????????

"Prohibition goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation and makes crimes out of things that are not crimes." —Abraham Lincoln

[newfie11]

2. What ! Is the CIA going to get out of the drug business

For the sake of Central and Latin America I hope so but highly doubt it.