U.S. Plans Border ‘Surge’ Against Any Drug Wars
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Mexican soldiers patrolling after a shootout in Tijuana, a city hit hard by the violence that has killed drug traffickers, law enforcement officials and bystanders.


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By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD
Published: January 7, 2009

The soaring level of violence in Mexico resulting from the drug wars there has led the United States to develop plans for a “surgeâ€