From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point.

Mexico, the partnership, and the problems.

Hello again, I'm Orin Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

A daily look at the issues Americans cut about most.

Mexico's new president, Pena Nieto, wants to shift attention away from severed heads,

mass graves, and bodies hanging from bridges to a growing economy.

So does President Obama on today's visit to the Aztec tiger,

which is booming enough to attract foreign investors after years of paralysis.

But the drug wars are not over.

4,000 people have died since Pena Nieto took office.

Now vigilantes are taking the law into their own hands.

Will stepped up U.S. enforcement aid still be welcome?

Will security be the elephant in the room?

On a reporter's notebook later on, an airplane that runs on solar power at night. First, here's the room. On reporter's notebook later on an airplane that runs on solar power at night,

first here's the news.

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Hello again, Warren Alney, back with To the Point in Mexico City today.

President Obama and Peña Nieto want to talk about trade and a booming economy,

but the murderous drug wars are still raging. Will the public conversation be different from what

happens behind closed doors? We'll talk about that. On reporter's notebook, a hot air balloonist

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