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Last Updated on Thursday, 27 March 2008 11:22 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 27 March 2008 11:22
Organized criminals have for decades used the U.S.-Mexican border to elude law enforcement. By committing crimes in one country and taking refuge in the other, they have often obstructed both investigations and prosecutions.
That longstanding tactic, however, is being taken away.
A recent three-day forum in Phoenix, attended by 25 attorneys general from U.S. and Mexican states, produced substantial agreements to work together in the fight against organized crime. These crimes include human smuggling, drug smuggling, arms trafficking and money laundering — all committed by criminals adept at working both sides of the border.
Our press release described these agreements as marking “a new era of binational cooperation to fight organized crime.”