3,300 Mexican troops, police to fight drug crime in Tijuana

“Mexico is sending some 3,300 soldiers and federal police officers to fight drug gangs in the crime-plagued border city of Tijuana, which has become a major smuggling route for cocaine and methamphetamine entering the United States.

The offensive expands a crackdown on organized crime by President Felipe Calderon, who sent 7,000 troops to his home state of Michoacan immediately after taking office on Dec. 1.”

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