We stongly disagree with the conclusion expressed in the title of this article. However, the article itself doesn't draw such a simplistic conclusion. Rather, it reviews quite thoroughly how the cartels have spread into many other lines of revenue, more and more thoroughly pervading all of the Mexican economy, political sturcture and society. The drug trade still remains the foundation of their revenues -- in the billions of dollars a year.
Foreign Policy: Legalization Won't Make It Better : NPR: "would legalization really work? With each day that passes, it looks like it wouldn't be enough, for one overarching reason: The cartels are becoming less like traffickers and more like mafias. Their currency is no longer just cocaine, methamphetamines, or heroin, though they earn revenue from each of these products. As they have grown in size and ambition, like so many big multinational corporations, they have diversified. The cartels are now active in all types of illicit markets, not just drugs."
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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