the secrecy lifted a little after eduardo s friend lucy was leekted mayor. the chief of police went public with news of two more kidnappings, here in relatively safe san miguel. just want to raise my kids in a place where you can trust the police, where it s the justice system conscience. a sentiment they discovered which is created a whole other kind of immigration from mexico. immigration based on fear. i would like to form an organization organizing the people like us who have had to leave mexico and take refuge in the united states. i was going to say you think you would have much company? a lot. by thousands. it was in the box where eduardo felt isolated, starved, beaten, beset by glaring light, deafening noise, the fear of death, it was a revelation. and he hasn t been the same since. nothing really matters,
Meets with the current president, enrique p he enieneto. there s been some interesting friction, recently. the new government of mexico has decided to change some of the parameters and the ways that for example, american d.e.a. and c.i.a. communicate with their counterparts here in mexico. they re changing the way they communicate. they re streamlining it according to the mexican government. some in washington are concerned that maybe they re closing some of the doors available for communication between agencies on both sides of the border. yesterday the president met with president pena nieto. in a joint press conference they were clear both sides are on the same page as far as the fight against narco terrorism and also immigration. this san important issue for the united states, as we know, and also for mexico. and jose, i know that you re going to be, we re watching live
And while there s an effort now by joe manchin, pat toomey to bring it back and try to change it enough so that people can change their votes credibly, it s a real longshot. well it s interesting, two issues that came up as you mentioned. one are gun control and one are immigration. and while both of those are incredibly important for mexico and the population there, and the security efforts, they re both domestic issues and the mexican government response from the mexican president, was to say we wish the president well in these efforts that he has, but we re not going to enter into these debates. we do understand the domestic politics in the united states around these issues, gun control and immigration are incredibly important and very complicated. i want to ask you and jose also about the bigger picture. from the mexican standpoint from the standpoint of latin america, which has really been ignored by the administration as we ve fought two wars and dealt with the european fisca
It s pretty much part and parcel of american history that latin america is ignored until something bad happens and they have to deal with it. the fact is and shannon was talking about this, there are parts of mexico that that are booming economically. leon, merchandising and auto industry and the border areas you have car companies and the united states that has, that have in mexico, the issue of immigration is important and the issue of the economy is important and the issue of drugs is important. the president today in his speech to young people talked about how he s aware that the united states also has a responsibility with the blood that has been shed and is continued to be shed here in mexico. because american consumers want illegal drugs. it s no coincidence that the drug cartels are based in the northern parts of the mexico. because they want to be as close to their clients as possible. every line of cocaine that is snorted up somebody s nose in
Enough attention to what s happening south of our border. shannon? well one of the reasons the president went now, and the really big focus we saw was on the economic issues. and it s because the united states and mexico, they recognize how important the ties are between the two nations. we see half a trillion dollars worth of goods going back and forth. making each one of the most important trading partners, but more important than that is what is going back and forth across the u.s./mexico border. this has changed over the last 15 or 20 years. today it s not finished goods, it s pieces and parts. so what that means is that u.s. companies, but as important, u.s. workers depend on what s happening down in nextco. that was really the big part of the conversation, how do you deepen those commercial ties. jose, from your perspective, what do you think the mexican leadership, the new mexicans want to hear. this is not the first administration that kind of yeah, i was going to tell