A new U.S. military unit will teach Mexican security forces how to hunt drug cartels the same way U.S. special operations teams went after Osama-bin-Laden and al-Qaida, the Associated Press reported.The move is an effort to help Mexico establish a military force to better combat powerful drug cartels that have terrorized the country.The Pentagon is stepping up aid for Mexicos bloody drug war, according to documents and interviews with multiple U.S. officials by the Associated Press.The point is to help newly elected Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto focus on drug criminal networks in Mexicos northern states whose proximity threaten the U.S. southwest border. Mexican officials say warring drug gangs have killed at least 70,000 people between 2006 and 2012.

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