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Mexico, U.S. step up drug-war cooperation

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“Mexico just keeps getting deadlier.

Even as President Felipe Calderón dispatched more than 24,000 military and security forces to pacify areas overrun by drug gangs, the country saw more than 2,500 deaths related to the drug trade in 2007.

Mexico has logged important successes, from extraditions to drug seizures, and Mr. Calderón’s administration has been lauded by many observers as the boldest in recent history in the face of organized crime. On Monday, officials announced the arrest of one of Mexico’s top operatives, a suspected leader of the infamous Sinaloa cartel.”*

*From: www.csmonitor.com
Traducido: usando Google o Altavista/Babel Fish

Posted on: January 22nd, 2008
Curation from Tomás
Filed Under: 1. Hispanic News, Additional News, Politics
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