Salvadorian archbishop
calls for tougher U.S.
drug laws
Salvadorian archbishop,
Fernando Saenz Lacalle,
on Sunday called on the
United States to
strengthen laws against
domestic drug
consumption so that El
Salvador will no longer
be used as a channel for
cocaine trafficking to
the United States,
according to news
reaching here.
"That could free us from
being a bridge for drug
trafficking, which is
the cause of a great
deal of instability in
the nation," Saenz told
a press conference after
Sunday gathering in the
capital's cathedral.
On Thursday, Salvadorian
coastguards seized 1.8
tons of cocaine on the
sea, valued at 45
million U.S. dollars,
and arrested four
Colombians for
transporting it. The
officials arrested the
smuggling suspects 92
nautical miles from the
eastern El Salvadorian
port of Acajuca, after
the Colombians' boat was
left drifting when it
ran out of fuel.
"All of central America
has become a bridge for
drugs to go from
Colombia to the United
States," the archbishop
said. "While finding
this boat is a success,
I believe that many more
boats arrive and are not
seized," he added.
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