US targets gun flows into Mexico in bid to stem drug violence

Christian Science Monitor by Sara Miller Llana | Apr. 3, 2009 (News Report)

In the latest flurry of activity to help stem the drug-related violence that has engulfed Mexico and begun to spill over the US border, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Attorney General Eric Holder are meeting with their Mexican counterparts today in the city of Cuernavaca. Full Story »

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Subjects: World, U.S., Health
Topics: Mexico, Foreign Policy, Law Enforcement, National Security, Drugs
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Posted by: Posted by Derek Hawkins - Apr 2, 2009 - 11:39 PM PDT
Reviewed by: Derek Hawkins (review), Fabrice Florin (review), Kay L. Colley (review)
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Edited by: Derek Hawkins - Apr 2, 2009 - 11:39 PM PDT

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Getting at the roots--U.S. gun traffic into Mexico, U.S. demand for drugs and extreme poverty in Mexico leading to corruption--can be the only way to fight this battle.

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