The charge of the fight against international drug trafficking from the U.S. State Department, William Brownfield, said today in Honduras that Colombia can share their lessons in fighting organized crime.
"Let us remember that a dozen years ago everyone was talking about the possibility of Colombia as a failed state as a state would not survive as a modern state of the twentieth century," Brownfield said in a press conference before the end of today two-day visit to Tegucigalpa.
But "nobody talks like that in this moment of Colombia (because) it is a country that has plenty of experience, many lessons and lots of ability to share with other countries in the region," said the senior U.S. official, who is on a Latin American tour that has already led to Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras.
Brownfield promoted to Central America, Colombia and Mexico, an initiative to combat organized crime, strengthening of democracy and justice, for which said the U.S. has available "to 200 million dollars."
When we work together everyone wins, if not cooperate, the only winners are the criminals.
The Organization of American States (OAS), Interamerican Development Bank (IDB), "another North American country," referring tacitly to Canada, and "perhaps Europe can make other contributions to the initiative to support Central America , Colombia and Mexico in its fight against organized crime.
"When we work everyone wins, if not cooperate, the only winners are the criminals," he said Brownfield, who met in Honduras with President Porfirio Lobo and Security Minister Oscar Alvarez, and today will travel to Colombia.
Initiative to combat gangs
On the other hand, Brownfield, said his country learned the lesson that in the drug business all nations are victims.
"Our initiative is to get serious progress, final and simultaneous additional threats of drugs, gangs and criminal organizations, and especially for the most vulnerable victims of this society," he said.
Brownfield announced Wednesday that his country will launch in Central America drug plan similar to that run in Mexico and Colombia.
He said the undersecretary who heads put $ 200 million for the initiative which includes the seven Central American countries.
"In 40 years the United States learned the lesson that all countries are victims of trafficking in drugs, which is an industry, we are producers, consumers and transit ... because in the 70 nations of the hemisphere were arguing about whose was that responsibility, "he said.
The undersecretary said the issue of accountability is not important because drug traffickers do not pay the support network of money, but "with drugs, which is not used as material for buildings ... and the cocaine and heroin is for consumption in the country of transit, which eventually becomes the consumer, "he said.
The Security Minister Oscar Alvarez said Thursday that U.S. initiative "will be a real offensive against drug trafficking, which will reduce violence in Honduras and Central America because drugs are a scourge that creates not only uncertainty but violence" .
With the contributions Americans "there will be funds to combat youth gangs, reduce violent deaths in the streets, organize special police patrols and improve anti-drug operation with new technology in communications," he said.
"Let us remember that a dozen years ago everyone was talking about the possibility of Colombia as a failed state as a state would not survive as a modern state of the twentieth century," Brownfield said in a press conference before the end of today two-day visit to Tegucigalpa.
But "nobody talks like that in this moment of Colombia (because) it is a country that has plenty of experience, many lessons and lots of ability to share with other countries in the region," said the senior U.S. official, who is on a Latin American tour that has already led to Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras.
Brownfield promoted to Central America, Colombia and Mexico, an initiative to combat organized crime, strengthening of democracy and justice, for which said the U.S. has available "to 200 million dollars."
When we work together everyone wins, if not cooperate, the only winners are the criminals.
The Organization of American States (OAS), Interamerican Development Bank (IDB), "another North American country," referring tacitly to Canada, and "perhaps Europe can make other contributions to the initiative to support Central America , Colombia and Mexico in its fight against organized crime.
"When we work everyone wins, if not cooperate, the only winners are the criminals," he said Brownfield, who met in Honduras with President Porfirio Lobo and Security Minister Oscar Alvarez, and today will travel to Colombia.
Initiative to combat gangs
On the other hand, Brownfield, said his country learned the lesson that in the drug business all nations are victims.
"Our initiative is to get serious progress, final and simultaneous additional threats of drugs, gangs and criminal organizations, and especially for the most vulnerable victims of this society," he said.
Brownfield announced Wednesday that his country will launch in Central America drug plan similar to that run in Mexico and Colombia.
He said the undersecretary who heads put $ 200 million for the initiative which includes the seven Central American countries.
"In 40 years the United States learned the lesson that all countries are victims of trafficking in drugs, which is an industry, we are producers, consumers and transit ... because in the 70 nations of the hemisphere were arguing about whose was that responsibility, "he said.
The undersecretary said the issue of accountability is not important because drug traffickers do not pay the support network of money, but "with drugs, which is not used as material for buildings ... and the cocaine and heroin is for consumption in the country of transit, which eventually becomes the consumer, "he said.
The Security Minister Oscar Alvarez said Thursday that U.S. initiative "will be a real offensive against drug trafficking, which will reduce violence in Honduras and Central America because drugs are a scourge that creates not only uncertainty but violence" .
With the contributions Americans "there will be funds to combat youth gangs, reduce violent deaths in the streets, organize special police patrols and improve anti-drug operation with new technology in communications," he said.
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