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Obama Looks to Curb Mexican Drug Violence

President powwows with envoy, may offer US military support

By Amelia Atlas,  Newser User

Posted Mar 8, 2009 9:35 AM CDT
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(Newser) – President Obama met yesterday with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Mike Mullen, recently returned from Mexico City, with an eye toward offering US military and intelligence support to Mexican forces as they battle a tidal wave in drug-related violence, CNN reports. The meeting followed reports of new bloodshed: A US citizen was among three decapitated bodies found in Tijuana this week.

In this photo provided by FOX News, Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, appears on Fox News Sunday in Washington, Sunday, March 1, 2009.
In this photo provided by FOX News, Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, appears on "Fox News Sunday" in Washington, Sunday, March 1, 2009.   (AP Photo/FOX News Sunday, Freddie Lee)
President-elect Barack Obama meets with Mexico's President Felipe Calderon in Washington, Monday, Jan. 12, 2009.
President-elect Barack Obama meets with Mexico's President Felipe Calderon in Washington, Monday, Jan. 12, 2009.   (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
A police officer patrols the area where three dead bodies were found lying in an empty lot in Tijuana, Mexico, Tuesday, March 3, 2009. At least two of the victims were decapitated, authorities said.
A police officer patrols the area where three dead bodies were found lying in an empty lot in Tijuana, Mexico, Tuesday, March 3, 2009. At least two of the victims were decapitated, authorities said.   (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)
Police and forensic workers prepare to load bodies onto a truck after a drug gang kidnapped and killed six people in Villa Ahumada, on the outskirts of Ciudad Juarez, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009.
Police and forensic workers prepare to load bodies onto a truck after a drug gang kidnapped and killed six people in Villa Ahumada, on the outskirts of Ciudad Juarez, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009.   (AP Photo)
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riffran
Mar 8, 2009 9:15 PM CDT
not that I want to see such a thing happen, but it's going to take the actual Military to be called in before it's over with...the damn cartels are getting too good and too many.....
Guest
Mar 7, 2009 11:54 PM CST
follow the money, thats what its all about

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