NACLA Report on the Americas sponsored this panel, comprised of Fred Rosen, Charlie Goff, Ethan Nadelmann, & Michelle Garcia. The panel examined the multiple political, economic and military roles played by US institutions in Mexico's militarized "War Against Organized Crime." It attempted to identify the major domestic and international institutions that have a stake in Mexico's internal "war," and in the role this "war" plays in the broader US-sponsored war against drugs, various forms of dissent and "terrorism." It also addressed the internal resistance to the militarization of the drug war. For more on NACLA & its Report on the Americas, you can start here: www.nacla.org twitter.com www.facebook.com www.linkedin.com Fred Rosen is an independent journalist working in Mexico. He is a member of NACLA's Editorial Committee and a regular blogger at www.nacla.org. _____________________________________________________ Charles Pollard Goff (born November 9, 1951 in Barranquilla, Colombia) is an American educator, an anthropologist, and founding member of Cemanahuac Educational Community, a Spanish and Latin American culture school in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. www.cemanahuac.com http www.facebook.com __________________________________________________________________ Ethan Nadelmann (born March 13, 1957 in New York City) is the founder and executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, a New York City-based non-profit organization working to end the War on Drugs. Described ...