The Obama administration has boosted the number of federal agents and augmented other resources along the U.S.border with Mexico in response to the increasing violence by drug gangs.

VOA: standard.2009.04.12

Back when I was coming up, there were a lot of gangs. There were a lot of, you know, the drug thing.

回想我长大的年代，那时有很多帮派。发生了许多与毒品相关的事情。

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They should be putting in place procedures to insure that the weapons that they buy are not diverted to insurgent groups or illegal organizations, like drug trafficking gangs and other criminal cartels.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

In her talk with reporters, Secretary Clinton praised the Calderon administration's performance in the drug fight, saying that Mexican forces are often out-gunned by drug gangs armed with military-style weapons bought in the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.03.25