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This
Week
in
History
4/2/04
April 7, 1997: President
of Portugal Jorge Sampaio is quoted in Madrid's El Pais, saying "Policies
conceived and enforced to control drug-related problems and effects have
led to disastrous and perverse results. Prohibition is the fundamental
principle of drug policies. If we consider the results achieved,
there are profound doubts regarding its effectiveness. Prohibitionist
policies have been unable to control the consumption of narcotics; on the
other hand, there has been an increase of criminality. There is also
a high mortality rate related to the quality of substances and to AIDS
or other viral diseases."
April 8, 1989: Miguel
Angel Felix Gallardo is arrested in Mexico. Guillermo Gonzalez Calderoni
leads a team of Federal agents who arrest the drug lord in a residential
suburb of Guadalajara. Gallardo is imprisoned on charges relating
to Enrique Camarena's kidnapping and murder. His nephews, the Arellano-Felix
brothers, inherit part of his drug-trafficking empire.
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Issue #331, 4/2/04
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