Hillary Clinton in Mexico to Discuss Growing Violence Ties to Drug Wars

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has travelled to Mexico where she will take part in talks regarding trade and immigration as well as the issue of growing violence tied to the drug cartels fighting for turf.

Violence along the U.S.-Mexico border has skyrocketed over the past two years with more than 8,000 people killed. That violence has been confined to Mexico but the U.S. has expressed serious concern that the violence will soon spill over into the border states of the southwest.

Clinton has not shied away from admitting the U.S.’s part in the plague as she described America’s “insatiable” demand for illegal drugs as well as its failure to stop weapons from being smuggled into Mexico. Those weapons are often used in attacks against police officers, politicians and rival drug cartels.

President Barack Obama unveiled a new plan on Tuesday to combat violence and smuggling as a $700 million security measure was announced that would boost agents along the border. That measure was designed to not only stop the violence and smuggling of weapons but curb immigration as well as the flow of drugs into the United States.

Hillary Clinton is also expected to ease the tension between the U.S. and Mexico concerning a trade dispute that began when the U.S. blocked Mexican trucks from U.S. roads. According to Mexico that decision violated a free-trade agreement that had existed between the two countries and in response they imposed higher tariffs on some U.S. exports.

Obama has said the trade issue would be worked out and a new plan is already in the works that would resolve the problem.

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