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MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexican Attorney General Eduardo Medina called U.S. policies on drugs and firearms "cynical" and "absurd," some of the toughest language used by Mexican officials prodding Washington to cut U.S. drug demand and stem the flow of guns they say fuel violence here.
"American law to me is absurd because people can easily acquire firearms," the newspaper El Universal newspaper quoted Medina as saying at a conference on Wednesday. Medina's office on Thursday confirmed he had made the statements.
Mexican officials have repeatedly complained that the U.S. must do more to stop the flow of potent weapons — including assault rifles and even .50-caliber machine guns — that drug gangs often purchase in the United States.
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