Operation Condor (Mexico)
As Operation Condor (Spanish: Operación Cóndor ), a military-led program was referred to the destruction of drug-growing regions in Mexico from 1975 to 1977. The name is identical to the concurrent Operation Condor , which was carried out against opposition members in South American military dictatorships with the support of US security forces.
In 1975, the Mexican military launched Operation Condor with the aim of destroying the marijuana and opium poppy plantations in the Mexican Golden Triangle . In this region, which lies in the states of Sinaloa, Chihuahua and Durango, up to 20,000 Mexican soldiers were deployed under the command of General José Hernández Toledo and the representative of the Mexican Public Prosecutor General, Carlos Aguilar Garza . They were advised by Gerald Ford during the presidency of the US administration .
The military operation led in the short term to a reduced production of illicit drugs in the area. Small farmers and their families were particularly affected. It made the drug trade in Mexico more effectively organized and new areas of activity opened up.
Individual evidence
- ↑ José Reveles: From "Business as Usual" to Territorial War . In: NarcoZones, Berlin and Hamburg 2012, p. 42. ISBN 978-3-86241-414-7 .
- ↑ Luís Astorga: Drug Trafficking in Mexico: A First General Assessment. UNESCO, 1999, accessed December 2, 2012 .