Janet Napolitano, center, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and Congressman Henry Cuellar leave the World Trade Bridge in Laredo, Texas, Friday, April. 3, 2009. Secretary Napolitano visited Laredo as part of her three-day trip to California, Mexico and Texas. (AP Photo/The Laredo Morning Times, Ricardo Santos)From Yahoo News/AP:
LAREDO, Texas – Beefed up vehicle inspections, more drug-sniffing dogs and improved surveillance should help curb the flow of guns and drugs across the U.S.-Mexico border, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Friday.
Speaking at a border crossing facility near the Rio Grande River, Napolitano said strategies outlined in meetings with Mexican officials this week will put the squeeze on warring drug cartels.
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