    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1998, Book I)]
    [May 18, 1998]
    [Page 806]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Statement on Indictment of Mexican Bankers Involved in Laundering Drug
    Money
    May 18, 1998

        I am pleased that the Treasury Department and the United States
    Customs Service have joined today with the Justice Department to take a
    significant step to protect our Nation and its children from drugs. The
    indictments today send a clear message that those who help finance drug
    operations, who launder drug money, who make it possible for drug
    dealers to earn their illegal profits will not escape the long arm of
    our Nation's law enforcement. We still have much to do, but let no one
    doubt that we will press this fight relentlessly against the drug
    cartels and all their partners in crime.