An LA Times article, urges Obama to focus his efforts when he visits Mexico later this week. In addition to military expenditures, there are hopes that he concentrates on the drug proble. It was quoted, "It does no good to capture drug kingpins if they don't go to jail. During 2008, only one out of every 10 suspects arrested in Mexico for drug offenses was convicted, according to official statistics. In Chihuahua, one of the bloodiest states in the country, only 1,621 out of the 5,674 suspects arrested over the last 12 months have even had to stand trial, because of the weakness of the prosecutors' cases."
The solution was dubbed as "effective instiution -building" by cracking down on the justice system and giving it a complete overhaul. I think that's a good solution. Obviously the problem is not minor and tweak here or there will not fix it. A complete restructuring of the justice system needs to be done. It is transparent that criminals are not scared of the system and know that they will get away with anything. Fear needs to be invoked in them.
By: Urja Dave (Mexico)
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