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S.Res. 72 (111th)

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding drug trafficking in Mexico.

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Introduced

10 March 2009

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Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2979-2980)

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4 December 2025

Summary

Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) Mexico is a key strategic partner of the United States; (2) increasing violence and criminality of drug trafficking organizations threaten the people of the United States and Mexico and is a "cross-border" problem requiring close U.S.-Mexico cooperation; (3) efforts by President Felipe Calderón and his government and the people of Mexico to confront the drug trafficking organizations should be supported; and (4) the U.S. government should employ its diplomatic and law enforcement resources, in partnership with the government of Mexico and governments throughout the Americas, to defeat drug-related criminal enterprises.

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