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WASHINGTON - More federal agents and law enforcement equipment will be sent to hot spots along the Mexico-U.S. border with the aim of reducing violence in both countries, officials with Homeland Security and the Justice Department announced Tuesday. The ...

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano's announcement Tuesday that nearly 500 agents and support personnel will be sent to the U.S.-Mexico border would once have drawn criticism in Mexico. But on the eve of Wednesday's visit by Secretary of ...

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'Apple on Tuesday quietly introduced its new Cross Border campaign, which allows US-based customers to make purchases for recipients located in Mexico, 15 countries across Europe, and 4 countries in Southeast Asia,' Slash Lane reports for AppleInsider. ...

The Obama administration will unveil a new plan this morning that will flood resources to the Mexican-American border to clamp down on border violence associated with Mexican drug cartels, reports CNN.com. The plan, being developed by the departments of ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House unveiled a new effort on Tuesday to crack down on the two-way smuggling of drugs, guns and money across its border with Mexico, expressing President Barack Obama's concern that criminal violence could spill over to ...

fight drug cartels WASHINGTON, March 24 (KUNA) -- U.S. officials on Tuesday announced plans to send more agents and equipment to the southwest U.S. border with Mexico because of increased violence in the border area linked to activities by drug cartels. ...

more agents will be sent to the border with Mexico to fight the country's drug cartels and prevent violence from spilling over to the U.S. Some lawmakers have called for stronger government interventions along the border. ...

The White House today revealed plans for a crime-fighting operation targeting Mexican drug cartels on a scale not seen since the battles against the US-based Mafia in the last century. The US is dispatching more federal agents and equipment to its ...

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Reporting from Washington The Obama administration this morning unveiled an ambitious multi-agency plan to help Mexico attack the growing problems created by powerful Mexican drug cartels, vowing to send U.S. money, manpower and technology to the ...

The Obama administration says it is increasing the number of agents that operate along the Mexican border in an effort to combat an explosion of violence tied to powerful drug cartels. At the White House, U.S. officials outlined plans to work with ...

The White House on Tuesday released a plan to deal with drug-related violence in Mexico, sending 500 more agents to the U.S.-Mexico border and for the first time addressing the problem of U.S.-made guns being smuggled south by violent drug cartels. The ...

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By Tim Gaynor PHOENIX, March 24 (Reuters) - A U.S. plan to crack down on drug, gun and cash smuggling over the Mexico border drew a mixed response on Tuesday, with some doubting it would be enough to curb runaway violence. The strategy aims to fight the ...

US homeland security secretary Janet Napolitano and deputy attorney general David Ogden unveil plans to combat Mexican drug violence. Photograph: Jim Watson/AFP/ The White House today revealed plans for a crime-fighting operation targeting Mexican drug ...

The Obama administration said Tuesday it's sending hundreds of extra federal agents and new crime-fighting equipment to the Mexican border as the U.S. struggles to roll back a tide of drug-related violence sweeping the Southwest. The renewed push for a ...

US border patrol agent Nicolas Jimenez wipes the sweat from his face at a landing area along the Rio Grande river. Photograph: Rick Wilking /Reuters Critics are protesting a US border patrol plan to poison vegetation along a 1.1-mile stretch of the Rio ...

WASHINGTON, March 24 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. government on Tuesday laid out a new strategy to secure the border with Mexico, which is being destabilized by drug cartels and gang violence. 'President (Barack) Obama and his administration are focused on all ...

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