At the same time. the price plunge has cut its oil revenues in half. Last weeks agreement with the International Monetary Fund. which will bring Mexico as much as $12 billion in new loans. gives the country a breather. Bankers hope the stringent economic housecleaning required by the IMF will help rejuvenate the economy and allow Mexico to eventually pay back its loans. Illegal immigrants and drugsMexicos two biggest exports to the USAare souring relations between neighbors. Mexico now supplies most of the marijuana and heroin and onethird of the cocaine consumed in the USA. In Senate hearings earlier this year.
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