The member nations also approved a resolution demanding that the U.S. check the flow of weapons pouring south into Mexico and other conflict zones in Central America and the Caribbean. The joint proclamation at the close of the meeting echoed familiar refrains of president Felipe Calderón, who has frequently referred to his neighbor to the north as "the biggest drug addict in town."
The Tuxtla Group includes Mexico, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Belice, Panama, Colombia, Dominican Republic and Chile.
"We've made a very important pronouncement today about transnational organized crime and the narcotics trafficking industry, which affect all of our communities so profoundly," said Calderón at the close of the Mérida Summit.
Alejandro Poiré, Mexico's secretary of government, read a statement which hinted that the U.S. and other drug consuming nations should consider a full array of options. "Those countries must reasonably reduce their demand for illegal drugs. If they are not able to do so - which is what recent experience suggests - authorities in drug consuming nations should consider all possible alternative measure to deal with the enormous money being made by narcotics traffickers - including regulatory procedures, or some type of (legalized) market," said Poiré. "In such a way drug trafficking and the increasing violence it's provoking in Latin America and the Caribbean might be avoided," he added.
The summit also demanded that "the United States and other nations which manufacture and sell firearms establish effective measures to impede the export of assault and military grade weapons to countries in the region."
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