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President Felipe Calderon on Mexico

February 11, 2008

Felipe Calderon president, Mexico

Mexican president Felipe Calderon speaks about his administration's progress against drugs and organized crime, saying that his government has captured over 22,000 criminals and seized over "one billion personal doses" of drugs over the past year, his first of six in office. He also added that Mexico has re-planted 600,000 acres of forest in the past year, starting to reverse a national trend of de-forestation.

Calderon called illegal immigration from Mexico to the US a "textbook example" of a country with surplus capital needing a country with surplus labor. He expressed his support for more integrated North American markets, saying that "closing the border is a very, very big mistake."

Series:

Independent Lens: Lost Souls Series

Topics: People & Places | Politics & Public Affairs

Tags: drug cartels | Economics | failed state | Felipe Calderon | Human Rights | illegal immigrants | Immigration | International Relations | Latin American | Latino | Law & Criminal Justice | Literacy & Testing | Mexico | Mexico City | Military & Warfare | Spanish

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