A top U.S. drug official made a strong case Thursday for continued cooperation with Mexico on fighting drug-trafficking, saying successful law enforcement already has created a virtual wall. "In a sense, we have developed a law enforcement cooperative wall at this point without actually having the physical construction of a wall," Brownfield said. Brownfield, assistant secretary of State for international narcotics and law enforcement, spoke to reporters as his agency released the 32nd annual narcotics-control strategy report. Almost all the heroin consumed in the United States — 90% to 94% — comes from Mexico, he said. He also had praise for the anti-narcotics trafficking efforts of the United Nations — another potential target of the administration's budget cutting.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 02, 2017 19:41 UTC