Mexico, U.S. working together to battle drug cartels

Murder of 3 with US consulate ties prompts heightened activity. Gillman reports:

WASHINGTON – Drug cartels have expanded their war for control of Mexico faster than the U.S. has been able to pump in aid.


In the time needed for roughly 18,000 Mexicans to die in the violence raging just south of the Rio Grande, the United States has delivered about a fifth of the $1.3 billion promised in late 2007 under a security pact known as the Mérida Initiative.