Mexico 'war next door' linked directly to U.S.

This article is about how all the violence and the drug war in Mexico is directly related to what is going on in the United States. The problem that is taking place is drug trafficking from Mexico into the U.S. In the last four years alone, ever since the U.S. and Mexican border patrol have made this a bigger issue than ever, it is reported that 30,000 deaths have come from the drug war. They compare the Drug Cartels to Al Qaeda, Anthony Colson said that he thinks that the cartel makes Al Qaeda look tame because of the things that they do to harmless innocent people. A big problem that is starting to happen is the Cartel taking out entire towns and cities that are in the way of their smuggling route. Recently reports of mass murders at house parties along the Mexican border have been found. In a one recent one 13 were killed and all were between the ages of 16 and 25. The drug war in Mexico is only being fueled by the drug users in the U.S. because if there was no demand, then there would be no violence. I think that this is a huge problem but as long as their are people willing to buy illegal drugs, this issue will never be solved.

By Nick Santos