US, Mexico to Set Up Joint Team to Fight Drug Cartels

U.S. and Mexican law enforcement authorities will set up a joint team based in Chicago targeting the leaders and finances of drug cartels that ship opioids into the United States, aiming to stanch a spike in overdose deaths, officials said Wednesday. The announcement of a fresh effort at cooperation on security issues comes at a time of strained relations between the neighboring countries and around four months before President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez...

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