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(AP) -- Mexican President Felipe Calderon says U.S. cooperation in the fight against drug cartels has been "insufficient."
Calderon says the United States should help by reducing drug use and stemming the flow of automatic rifles to Mexican drug cartels.
Calderon tells the Mexican newspaper 'El Universal' that relations with the United States were strained when secret U.S. diplomatic cables criticizing Mexico's anti-drug strategy were leaked to the public.
Calderon said in the interview published Tuesday that some of the leaked cables show U.S. diplomats' ignorance about Mexico's security situation, and that that's why some reports distort or exaggerate.
More than 35,000 people have been killed since Calderon launched a crackdown against drug gangs in December 2006.
The statements came on the same day that family members buried slain U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Jaime Zapata.
The Brownsville native was killed in the line of duty in the State of San Luis Potosi where another ICE agent was also wounded in the attack.
No suspects have been officially identified or arrested in the attack.
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