Mexico Joins Forces With China to Curb Illegal Chemicals Trade
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Mexican diplomats and law enforcement officials visited China last week for talks over how to curb the smuggling of chemicals used by cartels to make illegal drugs.
Delegates from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Attorney General’s office and the navy spent four days in the Asian country discussing how to cut the flow of precursor chemicals, Mexico’s diplomatic body said in a statement Saturday.