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Mexico announces 'super-max' prisons

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Mexico announces 'super-max' prisons 3-31-09 MEXICO CITY (AP) ? Mexican and U.S. military commanders on Monday were analyzing how to combat drug trafficking amid related violence that has claimed nearly 9,000 lives in Mexico since 2006, at a meeting near the U.S. border. Meanwhile in London, Mexican President Felipe Calderon said Monday he has ruled out joint raids with the United States aimed at stemming drug cartel violence along their border, but called for closer cooperation. The commanders exchanged experiences in Hermosillo, the capital of Sonora state, bordering Arizona, Mexico's Defense Department said in a news release. The meetings end Thursday. Mexican President Felipe Calderon wants the U.S. to share intelligence on traffickers and to provide police with high-tech surveillance equipment...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on March 31, 2009 (boomark / email).