AGREEMENT WITH COLOMBIA TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP98-01394R000200080003-7
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 23, 2013
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: March 20, 1990
• Content Type: REPORT

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22 MEXICO
Agreement With Colombia To Combat Trafficking
PA 1903192490 Mexico City EXCELSIOR in Spanish
25 Feb 90 pp 4-A, 40-A
[Report by Leticia Hernandez Montoya]
[Excerpt] Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, 24 Feb?Colombia
Ambassador Oscar Perez revealed that the Mexican and
Colombian Governments have signed cooperation
agreements aimed at fighting drug trafficking. He also
noted that Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari
has waged a continuing battle against this scourge
afflicting humanity.
A great deal has been said about drug trafficking in my
country, the diplomat noted, but although the topic has
become trite, it is still a matter of concern.
Perez added that the tension caused by drug trafficking
has eased now and that the recent Cartagena summit,
along with the agreements and measures adopted, will
contribute to achieving the goal of a diminished drug
trade in Latin America. [passage omitted]
Canada's Mulroney, Salinas Conclude Agreements
PA1803200190 Mexico City Red Nacional 13
Imevision Television in Spanish 1300 GMT 17 Mar 90
[Text] Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari and
Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney held private
talks yesterday and concluded a package of ten agree-
ments which are the framework for a new stage in
Mexican-Canadian relations. The agreements strengthen
and reaffirm relations and underline the protagonist
view two countries have of the changes taking place in
the world. This was stated by President Salinas.
[Begin Salinas recording] The agreements and political
rapprochement between Mexico and Canada demon-
strate our determination to participate in the vanguard
of world transformation for the benefit of all our people.
[end recording]
Meanwhile, Canadian Prime Minister Mulroney stated
that the conditions are right for the two nations to
strengthen their cooperation.
[Begin Mulroney recording, in English] Most basically,
we share the conviction that by reforming our economies
and opening them to the world, Canadians and Mexicans
alike will benefit from the dynamism and the efficiencies
of the rapidly integrating global economy. [end
recording]
President Salinas and Prime Minister Mulroney signed
10 bilateral agreements yesterday dealing with extradi-
tion, the exchange of tax information, customs, trade
and investment, agriculture-livestock cooperation, for-
estry cooperation, environment, tourism, legal assistance
on penal matters, drug trafficking and drug dependency.
The agreement on trade and investment emphasizes the
will of both countries to facilitate the flow of trade and
investment and to exchange information on the existing
BIS-LAT-90-054
20 March 1990
regulations dealing with both topics. Also, it seeks to
promote cooperation and consultations between the two
parties in support of their respective economies and
priorities.
Before meeting with the president, the Canadian prime
minister paid tribute to the country by placing a floral
wreath at the Altar of the Fatherland in Mexico City.
Later he went to City Hall where he was declared a
distinguished guest and given the keys to the city.
After a private luncheon with President Carlos Salinas
de Gortari in Los Pinos presidential palace, the Cana-
dian prime minister met with members of the Chamber
of Deputies in the afternoon. In the evening he attended
an official dinner hosted in his honor by the Mexican
Government.
[In a similar but shorter report on the agreements signed
by Mexican President Salinas and Canadian Prime Min-
ister Mulroney, Mexico City XEW Television Network
in Spanish at 1700 GMT on 18 March adds that Mul-
roney departed Mexico City "this morning" at the end of
his three-day visit]
New Human Rights Group on 'Rising' Violations
FL1303184090 Mexico City NO TIMEX in Spanish
1554 GMT 13 Mar 90
[Text] Mexico City, 13 Mar (NOTIMEX)?To handle
the rising trend of human rights violations, the Human
Rights Commission has been created here, according to
Mariclaire Acosta, the president of the new organization.
The organization is composed of laymen, intellectuals,
lawyers, priests, and politicians. As Acosta has stated,
the Mexican Human Rights Commission will have the
central goals of providing legal aid to the victims of
human rights violations and denouncing these violations
by reporting them in the media.
In a document read during the assembly held to create
this organization, the most important human rights
violations that occurred between July 1988 and February
1990 were announced. The document revealed that the
most common violations were homicides for political
motives, genocide and exploitation of indigenous
groups, kidnapping, and the forcible disappearance of
people at the hands of government or paragovernment
agents. It also mentioned violent evictions, arbitrary
arrests, the torture and extortion of refugees, and denial
or twisting of information concerning cases of human
rights violations.
Government Announces Two More Privatizations
PA1903185790 Mexico City Red Nacional 13
Imevision in Spanish 1200 GMT 8 Mar 90
[Text] Mexico has continued its economic moderniza-
tion process. It has also continued to give priority
attention to basic and strategic industries, and to turn
over state-owned enterprises to the private sector so that
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