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By sharing information, technology, equipment and training the United States and Mexico have reached an unprecedented degree of cooperation in the fight against drug trafficking, reported yesterday by The Washington Post.

The recognition of both parties that there is a shared responsibility in the fight
Drug trafficking is a major historical change, "said Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico, John Feeley, was quoted as saying.

The new relationship is based on the Merida Initiative, which includes assistance, 400 million dollars for the fight against drug trafficking in Mexico, said the newspaper.

The agreement provides support for three years the delivery of Black Hawk helicopters, night vision goggles and gamma ray scanners to search for guns and cash at the border, and regular exchange of information in real time.

The agreement was accepted by the U.S. Congress and activated by President George Bush on June 30, 2008.

Mexican President Felipe Calderon got the U.S. government finally acknowledged that illegal drug consumption in the U.S. is a shared problem, which requires a shared solution.

Among the U.S. institutions involved are
found the State Department and the Department of Justice, the National Security Council, Pentagon, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration. And from Mexico: the Congress, the Ministry of National Defense, the Army of Mexico, the Ministry of Public Security the Attorney General's Office and the Center for Investigation and National Security (CISEN).

Other signs

The publication cited the official incorporation of Mexicans in the U.S. Northern Command in Colorado Springs, and an interagency working group in Key West, Florida.

The working group responsible for military satellites and maritime surveillance in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific, provides information to the Mexican Navy and Air Force to intercept drugs north, the newspaper said.

The Post also highlighted the exchange of information databases of U.S. Platform Mexico, which accounts for the country's criminal information, such as the tracing of firearms used in crimes, which is being translated into English.

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The peso depreciated 0.52% on Wednesday in a market waiting for a change in the note of Mexico's sovereign debt and announcements of U.S. Federal Reserve at the end of their monthly meeting.

A reference level at 48 hours, the local currency slipped to 13.3256/13.3276 6.86centavos pesos per dollar.

The market is awaiting news of a possible downgrade of the sovereign debt note Mexico after the passage of the tax package for 2010, on which analysts have said may not be sufficient to avoid a downgrade.

"The Mexican currency is the one with the worst performer among emerging market currencies (...) in the fiscal package is still see the decision of the rating and I think that is something that we do is affecting" said a local exchange carrier.

The package approved by Congress this weekend is a diminished version of the tax reform proposed by President Felipe Calderón, which included tax increases but, according to experts, would insufficient to strengthen public finances and reduce dependence on oil revenues.

Standard & Poor's and Fitch Ratings said Monday they expect to know the government's final budget for 2010 before making changes to the rating of the country.

"Until something concrete is approved we will continue to stagnate (...) if it had a bad comment ratings on Mexico that would be scary" said Alejandro Rocha, Bansi bank operator.

The Mexican currency gave back to the strong appreciation of their peers emerging against a weakening dollar, and the advancement of stock markets.

addition, the Fed will announce later the findings of its monthly meeting, and although the markets expect the entity to leave its interest rates unchanged, is expected to provide clues about the state of the world's largest economy and its monetary policy next moves