Adopted by Bill Motto Veterans of
Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 5888
Santa Cruz, California
April, 1997
1st Revised Edition, April 1998
SECTION I: United States Militarization of Mexico
- Introduction: History of U.S. Marauding
- New Era of Security Linkages Between Mexico and the United States
- Expansion of Aid Under the Bush Administration
- Mexican and U.S. Governments Knew in Advance of the Zapatista Uprising
- Intensification Under President Clinton after NAFTA
- Counterinsurgency
- The 1996 Military Agreement Between Mexico and the United States
- Military Training, Especially Counterinsurgency
- Presence of FBI and CIA
- Telling Statements: Insensitivity to Social Conditions and Hints at Military Intervention
- Conclusion
- Section I Endnotes
SECTION II: Unmasking the Drug War
- Indigenous Insurgents Not Involved in Drug Trafficking
- Fighting Drugs Much Less Important than Preserving Mexico's Economy
- Corruption within the Mexican Military in the Drug War
- Conclusion
- Section II Endnotes
SECTION III: Poverty and Misery-Aggravation by NAFTA
- Poverty and Misery in Mexico
- Aggravation by NAFTA and Neoliberal Economics
- Religion of Neoliberalism and Corporate Colonialism
- Compliance of Mexico with Neoliberalism- "Structural Adjustment"
- End of Land Reform in Preparation for NAFTA
- Knockout Blow to Ancient Self-Sufficiency
- Conclusion
- Section III Endnotes
SECTION IV: Militarization and Repression in Mexico
- The Volatile Socio-Economic and Political Context of Mexico Today
- Militarization of the Mexican Society in Response to Socio-Economic Conditions
- Counterinsurgency
- Reign of Terror with Impunity: Human Rights Abuses and Low Intensity Warfare
- Conclusion
- Section IV Endnotes