Mexico Drug Cartel War News -- March 25-26, 2009

Mexican soldiers near Miguel Alemán, on the Texas border. President Felipe Calderón has bolstered antidrug operations. Alexandre Meneghini/Associated Press

As Clinton Visits Mexico, Strains Show in Relations -- New York Times

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s economy is being dragged down by the recession to the north. American addicts have turned Mexico into a drug superhighway, and its police and soldiers are under assault from American guns. Nafta promised 15 years ago that Mexican trucks would be allowed on American roads, but Congress said they were unsafe.

United States-Mexican relations are in the midst of what can be described as a neighborly feud, one that stretches along a lengthy shared fence. That border fence, which has become a wall in some places, is another irritant.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrives in Mexico on Wednesday for what will be the first in a parade of visits by top administration officials, including President Obama himself next month, to try to head off a major foreign policy crisis close to home. They will find a country mired in a deepening slump, miffed by signs of protectionism in its largest trading partner, and torn apart by a drug war for which many in Mexico blame customers in the United States.

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More News On Mexico's Drug Cartel War

Mexico: The Next Iraq or Afghanistan? -- ABC News
Obama's Other War: Fighting Mexico's Drug Lords -- Time Magazine
U.S. plans 1-2 punch on drug cartels -- Houston Chronicle
Mexico's drug lords look south to Peru -- L.A. Times
Homeland Security Considers Using Guard Along U.S. - Mexico Border -- Infozine
US Stepping Up Response to Mexican Drug Violence -- Washington Post
Homeland Security Considers Using Guard Along US-Mexico Border -- AFPS
Violence-plagued Mexico sees hope in U.S. border plan -- Reuters
US to Send More Agents to Curb Border Violence -- Wall Street Journal
US Taking Steps to Control Violence on the Mexican Border -- New York Times
U.S. tightens security at Mexico border -- USA Today
US Orders Mexico Border Clampdown -- The Times
US Readies Plan for Drug Cartel Threat -- Washington Times
US Tightens Up Violent Mexican Border -- Christian Science Monitor
Mexican Drug Woes Worry Napolitano -- Washington Times
Senators: Obama border initiative good step, but insufficient -- CNN
White House Unveils Anti-cartel Effort for Border -- Associated Press
Clinton Visits Mexico As Cartel Crackdown Begins -- Washington Post
Clinton heads to Mexico for talks -- BBC
Clinton arrives in Mexico with US mea culpa -- AFP
Mexico Drug Cartels Recruit Child Assassins -- Daily Telegraph
Mexico arrests 'top trafficker' -- BBC
Mexico captures 1 of 37 'most-wanted' traffickers -- AP
Suspected drug lord arrested in Mexico -- CNN
US Embassy spills over onto Mexico City street -- AP
From the Brainroom: Drug Cartels -- FOX News
Mexican Journalist Says Drug Cartel Violence Forced Him to Seek Asylum in U.S. -- CNSNews