Weekly Report - 6 January 2004

MEXICO-US: US agents oversee air security in DF

Mexico & Nafta 24 April 2007 Modified: 06 January 2004 296 views

The government of President Vicente Fox has belatedly claimed ownership of a heightened airport security operation after the opposition Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) said it would summon ministers to congress to explain why US agents were supervising security at Mexico city airport. It has also tried to score, preventively, some political points by claiming that implementation of its security scheme had been hampered by the legislators' refusal to fund it adequately.

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