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(The Center Square) – The U.S. government has spent more than $3 billion in Mexico to reduce drug trafficking and transnational crime since 2008, but a new report found little

Washington has wasted $3 billion on two key programs with Mexico aimed at ending crime and violence by stopping drugs coming into the United States and closing the pipeline of weapons out of the country, according to a damning new audit.

The Biden administration and the Mexican government have not made significant progress in addressing insecurity in Mexico.

Next year’s near-simultaneous elections and a spiral of escalatory rhetoric spell danger, but there is a way out.

U.S. officials and anti-narcotics agents turned a blind eye to Mexican corruption for decades, according to a report due to be released on Thursday by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassleys office and...

U.S. officials and anti-narcotics agents turned a blind eye to Mexican corruption for decades, according to a report due to be released on Thursday by Republican Sen. Chuck Grassleys office.

Under President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Mexicos military has been given power over everything from border migration to airports.

Mexico’s populist president should instead be spending more on furthering U.S. interests, according to a leaked intelligence document.

To curb violence and drug trafficking, Mexico needs functioning civilian police forces and court systems, not US military strikes and boots on the ground.

The recent kidnapping of four and murder of two U.S. citizens in the border city of Matamoros is just one of the latest grisly reminders to Americans of Mexicos inability to provide basic safety, whether for its beleaguered citizens or visitors from across the border.