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    Which Way, L.A.?

    US Guns to Mexican Drug Gangs

    Mexico's violent drug cartels are being armed with heavy weapons smuggled out of the US.  A Congressional watchdog says multiple agencies have no strategy to stop the flow.  On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, the President's response to political repression in Iraq and new challenges posed by an old adversary as North Korea escalates its provocations of the US and UN.

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    By Warren Olney • Jun 24, 2009 • 54m Listen

    Mexico's drug cartels commit bloody violence with weapons imported from the US. We talk with an investigator for Congress who says law enforcement agencies don't have a strategy to deal with the problem. On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, the President escalated his rhetoric today in response to political repression. We hear about that and about new challenges posed by an old adversary as North Korea escalates its provocations of the US and the United Nations.


    Banner image: Weapons, computers and communication equipment seized to alleged members of the Sinaloa drug cartel are presented to the press at the Police Command Centre in Mexico City, on May 15, 2009. Photo: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty Images

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      Warren Olney

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