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By McClatchy-Tribune News Service / The Bulletin
March 18, 2009
WASHINGTON — Efforts by Mexico and the U.S. to stem the skyrocketing cross-border drug and weapons trade are failing, and both countries are to blame for the rise of violent cartels responsible for more than 6,000 related deaths south of the border last year, lawmakers and experts said....