The Mexican Problem

There was a report on CNN a couple of days ago by reporter, Ed Lavendera, on two Latino-American teenage assassins, hired by the Mexican drug cartels to kill on command. One of these young boys killed his first person at about age 13. His description of the killing included the fact that it was so much "fun."

These kids are not anomalies. They are apparently the common choices of these powerful and sadistic billionaire corporations that are exporting drugs to this country. Teenage kids can make 50K easily and often drive around in expensive cars waiting for the command to kill. I'm sure that the cartels find it very easy to recruit kids with promises of such large sums of money.

It has become apparent that assassinations are spreading further inland as the Mexican drug empire becomes more established in this country. Multiple killings related to this industry are happening more and more in cities like Atlanta or Dallas or New York. Millions flow back to Mexico along with more guns and ammo for the drug armies that are running amok in Mexico.

Just how long it will be before these armed bands venture across the border is unknown. It is time that the government ramps up its efforts to stem the flow of drugs northward and the money and guns back into Mexico. The President has already begun to increase the number of border patrol agents, along with better electronic surveillance, etc. However, it is my belief that it is going to take military presence along the border to begin to turn this incredible business into a losing proposition.

The military is stressed at the moment because of the Bush mess in Iraq, however, it is imperative that action begins quickly. Checkpoints for thorough searches should be established at every official crossing point, and steady patrols, aerial, foot and vehicle should become the norm. Although it is practically impossible because of the NRA and its Republican shills, assault weapons should again be banned. Any gun shop that is caught selling guns and ammo across the border should be immediately closed and its operators imprisoned. This issue is that serious.

The drug cartels must be destroyed, and we should assist Mexico in accomplishing that task. If the Mexican government would approve, and if intelligence could pinpoint locations, I don't think air strikes should be off the table. The cartels have established their own armies, so they should be treated as such. This is truly a war on drugs that must be won, and won quickly.