United States/Mexico Bi-National Drug Strategy
Introduction
The Governments of the United States and Mexico recognize that the current
dimensions of international drug trafficking and related crimes extend
beyond national boundaries and exceed the capacity of any nation to face
them in isolation. These have become a serious problem that affects the
health and security of international society.
The drug threat cannot be confronted by one nation alone. Therefore,
the United States and Mexico believe that bilateral and multilateral cooperation
among nations is necessary to achieve acceptable results in the struggle
against production, distribution, trafficking, and consumption of illicit
drugs. The same is true with regard to related crimes such as money laundering,
diversion of precursor and essential chemicals, and arms trafficking.
Both countries have decided to continue promoting sub-regional, regional,
and world cooperation against drugs. In this context, and in order to strengthen
bilateral collaboration to confront the problem, the United States and
Mexico agreed to prepare a bilateral anti-drug cooperation strategy that
will complement the national drug control strategies in effect in each
country. The strategy was developed with full respect for the sovereignty
and territorial jurisdiction of the United States and Mexico. The areas
for collaboration were defined by the Presidents of both countries, who
instructed their governments to carry out the actions necessary to produce
the Binational Drug Strategy.
