Obama acknowledges US part in Mexico violence

ALJAZEERA:  US President Barack Obama has admitted that guns from his country are partly to blame for deadly violence in Mexico, as he pledged to forge an equal partnership between the two neighbours as they battle powerful drug cartels.

Obama also said he sees a “new Mexico” emerging, with a deepening democracy and growing economy, as he addressed an audience dominated by students on Friday…

Obama conceded that the root of much violence in Mexico is the demand for drugs in the US, and acknowledged that most guns used to commit crime in Mexico come from across the border…  (more)

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