MEXICAN DRUG STRATEGY ORDERED BY CLINTON

Claiming a banner year in cocaine seizures, President Clinton on Thursday
ordered a strategy to eliminate drug smuggling from Mexico within five years.

"Despite the huge crossborder travel flow, we think that's achievable,"
said drug czar Gen. Barry McCaffrey, director of the National Drug Control
Policy.

One tool that will help, he said, is an Xray machine designed to peer
through Russian missile shipping containers for armscontrol inspections.
Other tools will be advanced sensor technology, border fencing and a
reinforced Border Patrol.