(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/g-121102-mexico-border-election-915a.photoblog600.jpg)Adriana Alvarado / APRapid response Coahuila state police stand at a checkpoint iin Piedras Negras, Mexico, after a prison break on Sept. 18. Security is among the challenges facing the country.By Maria Camila Bernal, TelemundoNews analysis
Where is home to the largest number of Americans living abroad, as well as the world's richest man?
Which country is the United States' third-largest foreign supplier of oil?
Which nation did President George W. Bush call the U.S.' most important bilateral partner?
Which close American ally has lost some 60,000 lives in a U.S.-backed effort to combat violent crime?
The answer to all of the above is Mexico.
But despite the many ties that bind the two countries, the United States' southern neighbor barely warranted a mention during the presidential campaign, and didn't come up once during the third "foreign policy" debate between Gov. Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama.President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney discuss foreign policy in the third and final presidential debate.
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