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Trade, drug war at center of Obama visit to Mexico
Parvez Jabri
02 May, 2013
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![](https://i.brecorder.com/images/2013/05/barack-obama2.jpg">MEXICO CITY: Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and Barack Obama want to put economic ties at the heart of talks here Thursday but Mexico's shifting drug war tactics loom large over the US leader's visit.</P><P>Mexico is the first stop of a three-day trip that will also take Obama to Costa Rica for a summit with Central American leaders, with trade, US immigration reform and the battle against drug cartels high on the agenda.</P><P>After seven years of bloodshed by drug gangs that has left a staggering 70,000 people dead in Mexico, Pena Nieto and Obama have both made clear they want to turn the spotlight back on trade ties and other matters.</P><P>)