This small town story takes its readers into the human reality of how intertwined the U.S. and Mexico are in the world of the drug black market. Below this story is a link to an Associated Press website which presents the facts, in graphic form, of how extensively intertwined the two countries are in this market, including the presence of the Mexican cartels in over 250 cities in the U.S.. Question: So why does the U.S. government think it can address this problem by "securing the border?"
Violent drug war expands from Mexico into America: "They found Marcus Turner in a ditch in north Mississippi, naked and shot to death. It was the end of a young man's life and a grim reminder of a larger truth: The Mexican drug war isn't as far away as you might think.
The order that led to Turner's death was phoned in from Mexico, prosecutors say. They say the man on the other end of the line was Craig Petties of Memphis, Tenn., alleged to be a drug trafficker who developed such close ties to a Mexican cartel that he moved south of the border and lived under its protection for years." July 30, 2010, The Republic, Columbus, Indiana/Scripps Howard News Serivce
Drug cartels extending reach father into the U.S. Associated Press
The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
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