Rice: US, Mexico to discuss drugs, world issues

[Terri]

By NESTOR IKEDA
Associated Press
October 23, 2008

PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico (AP) -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says she hopes to discuss not just drug trafficking, but a host of world issues with Mexican Foreign Relations Secretary Patricia Espinosa in meetings at this Pacific coast resort.

Rice, who arrived in Puerto Vallarta late Wednesday for a one-day visit to Mexico, suggested that the seat Mexico won last week on the U.N. Security Council makes it likely that more than just bilateral concerns will be discussed.

But U.S. officials acknowledged that talks are also expected to touch on the violent drug cartel turf battles that have hit Mexico in recent years, and the role played in that violence by weapons smuggled into Mexico from the United States.

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[Der Alte]

If the Mexicans are so worried about the porus border why don't they help us seal it? Stop the drugs and illegals from coming north and we stop the guns from going south. Sounds like a win-win situation. Of course they can't figure out that the guns couldn't be purchased if they didn't sell all the drugs to us gringos - takes money.

[STEELMAN]

It's getting worse down there on the border.

On the news, last night, they were showing our border patrol wearing bullet proof vests and armed since there have been fire exchanged from the drug cartel directed at our border patrol agents.

[schillerbjr]

How about a "FENCE" from Californa to Texas, for starters??

[rangerrebew]

I have a plan that would be totally acceptable to the liberals so it would easily pass the politburo - legalize all drugs in this country then tax them to death.