COOPERATION

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE	

AG

WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1998	

(202) 616-2777

TDD (202) 514-1888

  
ATTORNEYS GENERAL RENO & MADRAZO TO SIGN LETTER FOR ENHANCED
COOPERATION

  
*** Pooled Photo Op Only ***

  
	WASHINGTON, D.C.       United States Attorney General Janet
Reno and Mexican Attorney General Jorge Madrazo will sign a
letter to their two Presidents on Thursday in Brownsville, Texas,
that will set up a procedure to enhance consultation and
cooperation between the two nations' law enforcement agencies.

  
	On June 8, 1998, Presidents Clinton and Zedillo, at the
United Nations General Assembly Special Session for Drugs,
endorsed the efforts of their respective Attorneys General to
strengthen the bilateral process for law enforcement consultation
and collaboration.

  
	Through the process reflected in the letter, the two
Attorneys General will strengthen mechanisms for communicating
with each other and further enhancing bilateral cooperation,
consistent with legal constraints and security concerns.

  
TIME:  11:45 AM CST

DATE:  Thursday, July 2, 1998

SITE:  Sheraton Four Points Hotel

3777 North Expressway

Brownsville, Texas

Cancun Room

  
*** This is a pooled photo op only.  Participants will not take
questions.  The letter will be distributed tomorrow.

  
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