Leonel signs Declaration of Presidents Summit

President Leonel Fernandez has joined the leaders who signed the Declaration of the thirteenth Summit of Heads of State and Government of the mechanism of dialogue and concertation of Tuxtla, in which it requests United States and other consumer drug countries adopt more drastic and effective measures to trace and cut off the flow of money proceeds from illicit towards organizations activities criminals.

"However, if this is not possible, as evidenced by recent experience, the authorities of the consumer countries must then explore all possible alternatives to eliminate exorbitant profits of criminals, including regulatory options or that purpose-oriented market", declared the leaders in her petition after addressing the issue of drug trafficking and organized crime as one of the main challenges of their Nations.

The statement holds for reducing crime, is desirable would be u000aa steep decline in the demand for drugs illegal.

They stated that with the adoption of such measures would avoid the transfer of such substances continue causing high levels of crime and violence in Latin American countries and Caribbean.

They also sued the congresses of the States and of other producing Nations and selling of arms to establish effective measures to register, regulate and prevent the transfer of assault weapons and other highly dangerous criminal of the countries of the region groups

They agreed on that over the past decades extraordinary earnings proceeds from the sale of illegal in the main centres of consumption drugs have come a huge financial power to transnational criminal organizations engaged in trafficking drugs.

President Fernandez also participated in the gala dinner of the opening of the Summit, led by his Mexican counterpart, u000aFelipe Calderon.

Dominican representative used the occasion to thank the Presidents of the region for support to the Dominican Republic for the incorporation of the Tuxtla mechanism and the Mesoamerica project. "This fact interpret it as a great opportunity to consolidate cooperation, integration and development efforts among the Member States of these initiatives and also with our extra regional partners", said the ruling.

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