Scores of Mexican soldiers arrive at the Ciudad Juarez airport Friday. They were among 5,000 expected last weekend to take their turns patrolling the country's most violent city. ReutersSenators Want To Fight Mexican Drug Cartels' Expanding Influence -- CNN
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A bloody war between Mexican drug cartels is no longer solely a south-of-the-border problem, members of Congress said Tuesday at a hearing on the issue.
The violence accompanying those battles has crept into the United States, and is believed to largely be fueled by money and guns pouring over the border from America, said Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Illinois.
"The drugs are coming north, and we're sending money and guns south," said Durbin, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs. "As a result, these cartels have gained extraordinary power."
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