Mexico Military Stops US Agents


Mexico, Sep 26 (Prensa Latina) Military custody of a crashed plane with 3.3 tons of cocaine in Yucatan, Mexico, blocked the US Drug Enforcement Agency inspection of the area until they get a warrant from Defense Secretary Guillermo Galvan.

Mexico's Attorney General's Office (PGR) confirmed access denial to the US agents under the bilateral cooperation accord that limits DEA staff to visual contact in such cases.

Mayor Adolfo Calderon said the agents arrived in military fatigues aboard vehicles with diplomatic plates and IDód themselves as DEA agents.

The PGR said Yucatan is in the route for drug traffickers that drop packages in the area to recover them later and smuggle them with speed boats or by land into the US, the leading world drug consumer.

At the international seminar "Mexico: National Security at the Crossroads," Mexican Navy Secretary Francisco Saynez called to focus on the country's coasts otherwise organized crime could fill the void.

Yet Security Consultant Georgina Sanchez criticized the Federal government operations.

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