Mexico, U.S. to work on reducing drug use, trafficking of U.S.-made weapons – statement

October 8, 2021

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico and the United States will join forces to invest in public health around drug use, reduce arms-trafficking and dismantle criminal networks as part of a new security accord, the countries said in a joint statement on Friday.

The neighbors will also work together to dismantle the trafficking of firearms sold in the United States and smuggled to Mexico, said the statement following high-level talks between officials from both nations, including U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in Mexico.

(Reporting by Cassandra Garrison and Daina Beth Soloman)

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