Mexican Interior Minister Francisco Ramirez says the government will send more than 3,000 troops and police officers to the the city of Tijuana to combat drug trafficking and organized crime.

A U.S. congressional delegation travels to Bolivia next week for talks on trade and drug trafficking.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has accused the U.S. ambassador to his country of lying about increased drug trafficking in Venezuela.

Viktor Cherkesov, head of the Russian Federal Drug Control Service, and a delegation arrived in Tehran on December 4, IRNA reported. Amir-Hussein Motahar, deputy chief of Iran's Drug Control Headquarters, expressed the hope that their meeting might result in closer cooperation between the two countries, while Cherkesov noted that Russia and Iran have a common interest in controlling the flow of drugs.