Denise Dresser en el Senado de Estados Unidos
Palabras de Denise Dresser durante su comparecencia ante el subcomité de drogas y crímenes del Senado de los Estados Unidos, el 17 de marzo de 2009: Chairman Durbin, Ranking Member Graham, Chairman Feinstein, and Ranking Member Grassley, members of the Subcommittee and members of the Caucus, I welcome the opportunity to speak about Mexico's efforts to combat drug-trafficking and organized crime. As I reflect on my troubled country, the lyrics of a Bruce Springsteen song come to mind: "We are far, far away from home. Our home is far, far away from us." And that's how it feels to live in Mexico during these turbulent times: far from democratic normalcy; far from the rule of law; far from home and close to everything that imperils it. Always on the lookout, anxious, suspicious of our own shadow. Invaded by the legitimate fear of walking on the street after dark, taking money out of an ATM, hopping into a cab, being stopped by a corrupt policeman, receiving the call of a...