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opium Eradication Efforts in Mexico: Cautious Cptimism Advised
(Unclassified Digest]. 9D-77-6. February 18, 1977.
Report to Rep. Charles S. langel; by Elmer B. Staats,
Comptroller General.
Issue Area: Law Enforcement and Crime Prevention: Controlled
I tems (502); International Economic and Military Programs:
U.S. Development Assistance Overseas (603).
Contact: General Government Div.
Budget Function: International Affairs: Foreign Economic and
Financial Assistance (151); Law Enforcement and Justice:
Federal Law Enforcement and Prosecution (751).
Organization Concerned: Druq Enforcement Administration;
Department of State; Department of Justice; Central
Intelligence Agency.
congressional Relevance- Souse Committee on Internaticnal
Relations; Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Rep.
Charles B. Rangel.
With the disruption cf the Turkish-French heroin
connection in recent years. acre poppies have been cultivated in
Mexico to meet the demand for heroin in the United States.
Findings/Conclusions: The Drug Enforcement Administration
identified Mexico as the source of 89 percent of the heroin in
the United States. Approximately 5.2 metric tons of Mexican
heroin entered the United States in 1975. Conflicting
information exists on cpiun poppy cultivation, and such
information may not accurately reflect the current situation.
Since 1970, the United States has contributed abcut $35 million
to assist the Mexican Government with narcotics control efforts.
U.S. assistance to Mexico has escalated /without sufficient
detailed planning. Eradicating poppies by aerial spraying with
herbicides has been a prtority goal of the program, and about
twice as many fields were aastroyed from January to April 1976
as during the 1975 program. The strong endorsement of the new
dexican Government is necessary for continued improvement in
narcotics control. Recommendations: The U.S. cission in Mexico
should develop a more comprehensive narcotics ccntrol plan which
will clearly define U.S. goals for assisting the Mexican
Government in developizg its own capabilities and will develop
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