Thread: U.S. plans 1-2 punch on drug cartels

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U.S. plans 1-2 punch on drug cartels
By RICHARD S. DUNHAM WASHINGTON BUREAU
March 25, 2009, 12:54AM

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration promised Tuesday to spend $700 million to eradicate Mexico’s drug cartels as it released details of a new offensive that would deploy hundreds of agents and intelligence operatives to fight narco-driven violence along the borders of Texas, Arizona and California.

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said the massive infusion of federal cash and personnel is designed to bring stability to northern Mexico, where drug cartels have killed about 500 law enforcement officials in an ongoing insurgency. Deputy Attorney General David Ogden said the U.S. government actions are part of a coordinated strategy by the American and Mexican governments “to destroy these criminal organizations.â€

Don't forget the Eight Rail Trains going into Mexico are going to FINALLY be CHECK by ICE. Maybe they will finally get around to checking them coming into America, too.