________________________.In an interview with Voice of America,DEA officials recently discussed the increase in the cartels'use of Africa as a conduit for illegal drugs. Alex Pena reports from Nairobi.在VOA近日的一段访谈中,缉毒局官员指出,非洲被贩毒集团越来越猖狂地利用作为非法毒品交易的中转渠道。Alex Pena来自内罗毕的报道。 U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration officials say their investigations indicate a growing number of chemicals used to produce illegal drugs for cartels in Mexico have been coming from African traffickers. They say Mexican drug cartels now have documented links to criminal groups in Mozambique, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, and Nigeria.Jeff Breeden, the chief of DEA headquarters\'Africa section, says he has witnessed the growing trend himself. In the past, Mexican and South American drug operations extended as far across the Atlantic as West Africa, hich served as a staging point for drugs smuggled north to Europe. Alex Pena for VOA News, Nairobi.美国缉毒局官员称,他们的调查显示,越来越多的化学药品被墨西哥贩毒集团用于制造毒品,这些化学药品来自于非洲走私者。他们指出,目前,墨西哥贩毒集团已经和莫扎比克、刚果、加纳以及尼日利亚的犯罪组织建立合作关系。缉毒局非洲区的负责人Jeff Breeeden称,他自己目睹了毒品交易的增长趋势。过去,墨西哥和南美的毒品交易网络横跨大西洋,延伸至非洲西部。毒贩利用这里作为中转站,将毒品往北走私到欧洲。VOA新闻,Alex Pena来自内罗毕的报道。