Administration Will Spend More Money at the Border

CNN reports:

The Obama administration announced a major increase in security funding and agent deployments along the U.S.-Mexico border Tuesday.

The changes are part of what the White House characterized as a sweeping new federal plan to beef up resources in a region increasingly plagued by drug-related violence.

The administration is trying to help the Mexican government break up drug cartels believed to be responsible for the killing of roughly 6,500 people in Mexico last year, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said.

The plan commits $700 million to bolster Mexican law enforcement and crime prevention efforts. The funds will provide, among other things, five new helicopters to increase mobility for the Mexican army and air force as well as new surveillance aircraft for the Mexican navy.

“Our role is to assist in this battle because we have our own security interests in its success,” Napolitano said at the White House.

Border states such as Texas and Arizona are experiencing a notable spike in violence as a result of the accelerating Mexican drug war.

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