A wary friendship
Jun 19th 2008 | MEXICO CITY AND WASHINGTON, DC
From The Economist print edition

Amid bad temper and wounded pride, Mexico and the United States inch towards compromise on a plan to boost the fight against drug crime
Illustration by Satoshi Kambayashi
IN AMERICAN psyches, the war with Mexico of 1846-48 is muddled in with many others, and earns no more than a passing mention in history books. By contrast, every Mexican schoolchild is taught the story of the “boy heroesâ€