Mexico Nears US Security Deal in Step Toward Trade Pact

A private security guard inspects tractor trailers with a K9 unit prior to crossing into the United States on the US-Mexico border in Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico.

Photographer: Mauricio Palos/Bloomberg

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Mexico and the US are closing in on a deal to combat drug trafficking and violence, a pact that could quell some of President Donald Trump’s chief concerns with his southern neighbor and lead to a wider agreement covering trade.