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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is upsetting many in Mexico by comparing its drug-related violence to an insurgency and suggesting that US troops might intervene. "It's looking more and more like Colombia looked 20 years ago, where the narco-traffickers controlled certain parts of the country," she said. "These drug cartels are showing more and more indices of insurgencies." Clinton said the Obama administration was considering a type of "Plan Colombia" for Mexico and central America where Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras are also plagued by drug-related violence.
"Starting right now we have to say this clearly. We are not going to permit any version of a Plan Colombia," said Santiago Creel, a senator and member of Calderón's National Action party. "We cannot permit a Plan Colombia in Mexico."
