Mexican Security and the U.S.

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Mexican Security and the U.S.

Violence from Mexico's drug wars continues to spin out of control and the FBI now says Mexican cartels pose the biggest organized crime threat to the United States. A look at U.S.-Mexican cooperation on crimefighting, trade, and...

Violence from Mexico's drug wars continues to spin out of control and the FBI now says Mexican cartels pose the biggest organized crime threat to the United States. A look at U.S.-Mexican cooperation on crimefighting, trade, and immigration, and what may change under the Obama administration.

Guests

Armand Peschard-Sverdrup

senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies

Maureen Meyer

associate for Mexico and Central America at The Washington Office on Latin America

John Bailey

professor of government and foreign service at Georgetown University; author of the forthcoming: "Crime, Corruption, and Democracy: Mexico's Security Trap in Comparative Perspective;" co-editor with Lucia Dammert, "Police Reform in the Americas"

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