U.S. Ambassador Says Border Under "Yoke" of Smugglers

U.S. Ambassador Tony Garza said on Tuesday that Mexico's border with the United States is under "the yoke" of drug and immigrant smugglers, and that Mexicans want to see authorities do more to combat such crimes.

Garza, whose public statements have drawn rebukes from Mexico in recent weeks, said in an open letter Tuesday that "difficult discussions are inevitable in any long term and significant friendship."

"Mexicans have taken to the streets to protest growing violence in their cities and the border, and they want to see more done to combat criminals and break the yoke that immigrant and drug smugglers have placed on our border region," Garza wrote.

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