| | |  News Around the Republic of Mexico | November 2008 
Mexico to UN: Army Will Slowly Leave Drug Fight
 Associated Press
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Mexico City — Mexico says its army will eventually leave the fight against drug trafficking.
But officials did not set a firm date for the start of the withdrawal.
The promise was made Thursday in the government's human rights progress report to the United Nations.
Mexico argues it must use soldiers in its nationwide crackdown on the drug trade because police are still too corrupt to take over the battle.
Several top security officials have been arrested recently and accused of taking bribes from the country's most powerful cartel.
Many have criticized President Felipe Calderon for deploying more than 20,000 soldiers across Mexico. The National Human Rights Commission says some of them have tortured, raped and even killed civilians. |
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