U.S. plans 'surge' if Mexican bloodshed crosses border

The soaring level of violence in Mexico resulting from the drug wars there has led the United States to develop plans for a "surge" of civilian and perhaps even military law enforcement should the bloodshed spread across the border, Michael Chertoff, the secretary of Homeland Security, said Wednesday. Chertoff said the criminal activity in Mexico, which has caused more than 5,300 deaths in the last year, had long troubled American authorities.

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