Mexican President Vicente Fox vowed Thursday not to allow any opinion or statement from any foreign government dictate his government's policies.
Fox was responding to comments made by U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Tony Garza Wednesday in a letter about violence associated with drug trafficking along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Garza expressed concern with Mexico's attempts to quell the violence, and the U.S. State Department subsequently issued an alert to U.S. travelers, warning of risks along the border associated with drug trafficking.
Fox said combating such crime requires the collaboration of the U.S. government.
"To confront issues like drug trafficking and money laundering, to attack the offer at the same time as the demand, puts a handcuff on the violence at the border," Fox said. "Among other things, it requires cooperation based on the recognition of the strengths of each one of our countries.
"In everything that takes place on our border, Mexico and the United States share so many of the same errors," Fox added.
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