WASHINGTON — Aiding the Mexican government’s fight against drug cartels is a top priority that demands the “utmost attention” of U.S. security officials, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Wednesday.
Napolitano said she has reached out to national security adviser James Jones, Attorney General Eric Holder and local and state border law enforcement officials to review ways to assist Mexican law enforcement, stop the southbound flow of guns, assault rifles and cash from the United States into Mexico and identify needs for more law enforcement resources at the border.
Meanwhile, Mexico’s government promised Wednesday to deploy extra troops and federal police to Ciudad Juárez, the violent city across the border from Texas where the police chief recently bowed to crime gang demands that he resign.
