Mexico Asks U.S. to Help Stop Arms Flow

MEXICO CITY (AP) - A top Mexican anti-drug official said the United States must do more to stop weapons from being smuggled into the hands of drug traffickers who are using them to kill Mexican soldiers and police.

Mexican authorities are facing gunfire from increasingly well-armed traffickers and officials say the vast majority of the weapons are smuggled from the United States.

Assistant Secretary of Public Safety Patricio Patino made a fresh appeal Tuesday for U.S. authorities to cut off the supply.

'The firepower we are seeing here has to do with a lack of control on that side of the border,' Patino said in an interview with The Associated Press. 'What we have asked the American government ... is that they put clear controls on the shipments of weapons.' Read on.