Pena Nieto Suggests 'Humanitarian' Approach in Fight Against Drug Trafficking Janel Saldana - Latin Times
go to original April 20, 2016

Enrique Pena Nieto, President of the United Mexican States, addresses the UN special session on global drug policy on Tuesday at UN headquarters in New York. (Bebeto Matthews/AP)

Ever since former Mexican President Felipe Calderón officially declared a war against drug trafficking and organized crime back in 2006, the country has reported thousands of innocent deaths and a battle that doesn’t seem to end.

On Tuesday, Mexico’s Head of State Enrique Peña Nieto addressed the issue during a meeting at the United Nations building in New York City, and proposed a “humanitarian” approach to fight “narcotraffick,” stating that the scheme in effect, which is based on prohibition, established in the 1970s has failed to eradicate the problem.



“We need to move from mere prohibition and jump onto an effective prevention, and efficient regulation,” Peña Nieto said.

He continued, “The drug problem on an international level is a phenomenon that does not recognize borders or boundaries, and it hurts societies within various latitudes. Until today, the answers that communities around the world have implemented have been, if I’m being honest, insufficient.”

During his proposal, EPN pointed out that Mexico has suffered a lot under this regimen and many innocent lives have been lost along the way.

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