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From: Dave.Touretzky@CMU-CS-A@sri-unix.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Re: Mexico Shooting Down Suspected U.S. Smugglers
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Date: Sun, 4-Sep-83 00:19:00 EDT
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Posted: Sun Sep  4 00:19:00 1983
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Our government asks the cooperation of other governments in preventing
drugs from being smuggled into the US, and even in preventing citizens
in foreign countries from producing drugs (e.g. poppy growers in Turkey,
marijuana growers in Mexico.)  If we want those foreign governments to
cooperate with us, we should be willing to cooperate with them to prevent
smuggling into their countries.  Who's to say that smuggling dope is
bad but smuggling TV sets is okay?

There are several questions left unanswered by the report of the AP news
article.  Did the Mexicans shoot the smugglers down without warning, or
did they shoot them down after all other methods of interception failed?
Was the US aware that the Mexicans might shoot the smugglers down when
it gave the information to the Mexican government?  How did both pilots
manage to escape without injury?

Wolitzky's outrage might be justified, but it's hard to tell from the
sketchy report of the incident provided.

-- Dave Touretzky