Plan Mexico — what could possibly go wrong?

A few details about “Plan Mexico” are starting to come out. I missed it, but Proceso picked up some details. The translation was posted by the Center for International Policy :

“It is being discussed whether the DEA will be permitted to increase the number of its agents in Mexico, but not even that is defined yet,” he or she added.

The Mexican government tried to obtain its own concessions; for example, PGR (attorney-general’s office) access to the systems of the El Paso, Texas Intelligence Center (EPIC), where the DEA, FBI, CIA and other U.S. agencies process information.

Um… I thought the whole rationale for this was that the Calderón Administration claimed the cops couldn’t do the job and were corrupible. So, we’re giving Mexican cops access to U.S. intelligence networks. Okie-dokie.

Beyond the cost of the fast boats and equipment to effectively supervise all types of cargo that enters Mexico by sea, the rest of the U.S. support will be used to purchase military radars to monitor the border zone.

The intention is that Mexico might have equipment like that used by the Pentagon in the Afghanistan war since October 2001 and the Iraq invation in March 2003. With that technology, the Mexican government can locate narcotraffickers, drug-trafficking routes including tunnels, clandestine airstrips, narcotics processing laboratories, as well as cultivations of marijuana and opium poppy.

And, how well are we doing with controlling poppy cultivation in Afghanistan (or that war in general)?