By
any historical measurement, "Fast
& Furious" is the single greatest violation of Mexican sovereignty
in years.
However, few in the Mexican political class today seem to care much about it.
I
recall watching a TV presidential debate last year and the subject did not even come up. Furthermore,
while
some Mexican Members of Congress in
the past sexennial expressed criticism and concern, I am not familiar
with any current
Mexican Congress resolution
condemning the US government.
Last week, we learned that another Mexican official was killed by one of these guns:
"Another
weapon lost in the Obama administration's failed
Fast and Furious gun-tracking
operation has purportedly been traced to two more killings, including
the fatal shooting of
a police chief in Mexico.
"The
officer, Luis Lucio Rosales Astorga, was killed Jan. 29
in the city of Hostotipaquillo,
which is in central-western Mexico, when gunmen intercepted his patrol
car and opened fire,
according to Justice Department
records obtained by the Los Angeles Times. The chief’s bodyguard was also killed,
a second bodyguard and the chief’s wife were wounded."
You would expect outrage and marches in front of the US embassy.
Where is President Peña Nieto saying that Mexico's borders must be respected by the Obama administration?
Back in the 1980's, I worked in Mexico for a US company.
My office was across from the US Embassy, I had a balcony view of every demonstration on Reforma Boulevard and the
US Embassy. My favorite moment was watching a young man screaming in front of the embassy wearing a Roger
Staubach #12 jersey!
I saw massive anti-Reagan demonstrations
over far less consequential topics. There were marches about "nuclear freeze," Grenada, the Cuban
embargo, the "contras" and lots of other issues. (We remind you that no Mexican was killed because
of President Reagan putting missiles in Europe or having a tough approach toward Nicaragua.)
We hear little today about Fast & Furious south of the border. Let me say this:
we hear nothing from the political class because a lot of Mexicans are very upset at a personal level.
After all, they are the ones caught up in the frequent firefights.
I am not familiar of a single demonstration calling on President Obama to explain how these weapons crossed the border.
The Mexican left loves to say that guns go south but has chosen to say nothing about a program that specifically put
2,000 high powered weapons in the hands of deadly cartels!
Again, "no me importa" is the attitude in Mexico
about Fast & Furious, a bad program that has killed hundreds of Mexicans.
Why so much Mexican official indifference?
My first guess is that the Mexican government has decided to focus all of its energy in making sure that immigration
reform happens in this Congress. They do not want to embarrass the Obama administration and put border
security on the front pages!
My second guess is that "Fast & Furious" is also a reminder of how
little control Mexico has over its northern border. In other words, it's the cartels who well may control
large segments of the border!
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