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Weekly Report - 19 December 2006
MEXICO: Reinforcing the southern border
President Felipe Calderón Hinojosa announced that his government would increase controls along the southern border on 14 December. Calderón made the announcement while he was visiting the newly installed (opposition) governor of Chiapas.
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