Effect Of Drug Cartels In U.S.

In the Article "Mexico's drug war affects US as well." a regular columnist provides information on what types of problems Mexico's drug war is bring to the US. Mexico's president has been struggling to dismantle the drug cartels.amounts of people are dying because of this ongoing issue. the article explains  "A January 2011 report put the total death toll at an astounding 34,000 lives. moreover in 2010, dozens of Americans were killed in Mexico. sadly, some of them were the victims of brutal, murderous bus raids by cartels."
As we can see it is not only the Mexican people who are suffering from this but also the Americans and the vitamin family. this also affects the US because cartels are taking over in now many different places of the world. "The U.S. Department of Justice has reported that Mexican drug cartels have gang members in nearly 200 U.S. cities from Los Angles to Baltimore and represent the "largest threat to both citizens and law enforcement agencies in this country. " Gang members are also expanding with in the united states the violence in Mexico is an extremely serious U.S. national security issue. if we let Mexico go on its own the Mexican Government can collapse itself. American people might not care what happens in mexico but we should as explained in the article the author explains "other then the obvious fact that Mexico is the United States geographic neighbor, we are also partly responsible for the ongoing bloodshed." we should realize that this is not just Mexico's problem but also a north American problem as well. we need to do something about this before more lives are taken away and before drug cartels gain more power.

http://www.collegiatetimes.com/stories/18328/mexicos-drug-war-effects-us-as-well