[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 116 (Thursday, August 1, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H9707-H9708]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          MEXICAN DRUG TRAFFICKING TO AMERICA MUST BE STOPPED

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, a former Mexican drug agent says the

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Mexican Government is so corrupt that Mexican drug agents regularly 
escort massive drug shipments to America's borders. He further said 
Mexican drug agents are nothing more than bodyguards for drug 
traffickers to America.
  Mr. Speaker, are you surprised? I am not. Everybody knows Mexico's 
war on drugs is a joke and America's war on drugs is a comedy of 
errors.
  Think about it. When an 8-year-old can find brown Mexican heroin, 
Mexican cocaine, and Mexican marijuana on any street corner of America, 
something is not only wrong, somebody in high places, both in Mexico 
and in Washington, is getting awfully rich.
  Mr. Speaker, I say it is time to deploy troops to the border and cut 
off aid to Mexico until they stop flooding our shores with dope. Think 
about it, Congress.

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