Tony Garza U.S. ambassador to Mexico: called on the Americans to accept responsibility for Mexico's drug-related problems

Tony Garza, the U.S. ambassador to Mexico, called on the United States to recognize its responsibility in the fight against drug traffickers in Mexico.

"Mexico would not be the center of the cartel's activities, nor would it be experiencing these levels of violence, if it wasn't for the United States -- the major consumer of illegal drugs and the principal supplier of arms to the cartels."

"The United States and Mexico must fight organized crime together or we will fail together," said Garza, speaking at an event in Texas earlier this week.

Garza commended Mexican President Felipe Calderon for some of the measures he has taken to fight organized crime in the country, which include sending thousands of soldiers into the areas where the drug cartels have the tightest hold and making efforts to clean up corruption within the police force.