Pena Nieto to Expand Drug War, Debate Drug Legalization

Mexico’s president-elect will broaden the nation’s campaign against drug trafficking-related violence and would discuss the legalization of drugs, he said in an interview on CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS.”

“Our new strategy is to adjust what’s been done up until now,” said Enrique Pena Nieto, who won election July 1, according to an e-mailed transcript of the interview, to be broadcast today. “Personally, I’m not in favor of legalizing drugs. However, let’s open up a new debate, a review, in which the U.S. plays a fundamental role in conducting this review.”