Will PRI's Return Mark Shift in U.S. Relations?
The likely return to power of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, in Mexico has prompted Mexicans and Texans alike to question whether the party’s former alleged practice of making deals with cartel members will be the standard after President-elect Enrique Peña Nieto is sworn on Dec. 1.
But some experts on U.S.-Mexico relations say that what the party is likely to do — focus on the most brutal elements of organized crime — isn’t deal-making or playing favorites, but instead similar to what American law enforcement does: focus resources where they are needed most.
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Leon Drozd
As troops are withdrawn from other lands, perhaps they could be used to help "defend" the United States from the onslaught of crime and restore peace and security for those towns. I don't see how a new president in Mexico can be expected to do anything remarkable. Also, Americans simply need to "just say no" to the poisons being marketed by the drug criminals.