They are like pest control companies, only control," said Villanueva Guillermo Terrazas, a spokesman for Chihuahua
. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) United States and other international security forces "do not fight against drug traffickers," but "try to manage the drug trade," he told Al Jazeera a government spokesman in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua .
The allegations by activists, academics and former officials about official complicity in the drug business are not new. But they are when they start from an official representative of one of the most violent states in Mexico, U.S. border with Texas.
"They are like pest control companies, only control," said Villanueva Guillermo Terrazas, a spokesman for Chihuahua, in conversation with Al Jazeera last month at his office in Ciudad Juarez. . "If you kill the pests, you lose your job. If you end up with the drug business, they become unemployed. "
A CIA spokesman in Washington declined to comment directly on these accusations, and instead suggested to Jazeera to consult an official website.
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The allegations by activists, academics and former officials about official complicity in the drug business are not new. But they are when they start from an official representative of one of the most violent states in Mexico, U.S. border with Texas.
"They are like pest control companies, only control," said Villanueva Guillermo Terrazas, a spokesman for Chihuahua, in conversation with Al Jazeera last month at his office in Ciudad Juarez. . "If you kill the pests, you lose your job. If you end up with the drug business, they become unemployed. "
A CIA spokesman in Washington declined to comment directly on these accusations, and instead suggested to Jazeera to consult an official website.