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Friday, 30 April 2010 10:14

Border Crime in the U.S Featured

Written by Cameron Ross
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Drug-related border crime on the U.S. Mexico border is not showing any signs of slowing up.  More than 3,400 people have been killed this year due to increasing corruption and power of drug cartels in Mexico.  According to El Universal, a national Mexican newspaper, a drug war related death occurs every 48 minutes in Mexico.  The Associated press estimates at least 23,000 people have been murdered in Mexico since Mexican President Felipe Calderón declared war on all drug cartels in 2006. Presdient Calderón has requested help from the United States military to aid him in his efforts to stop drug trafficking between Mexico and the U.S.  Calderón claims that the U.S. needs to share responsibility because of America’s mass consumption of drugs that feed the problem by driving more money and inevitably more power to the drug cartels.  In a recent visit to the nation in March, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton acknowledged the need to accept responsibility and to provide support to the Mexican government.  “We know that the demand for drugs drives much of this illicit trade, and that guns purchased in the U.S. are used to facilitate violence here in Mexico. The United States must, and is, doing its part,” Clinton said.  A few solutions have been presented to the situation, however all solutions are controversial matters among analysts and experts and it seems little progress has been made to come to a reasonable consensus. U.S. military aid is a subject that has received some skepticism from experts, claiming that it could bring back bad memories for the Mexican people and that the troops would receive little support from the public. Legalization of drugs is a solution that has been considered by the Mexican government, however it seems unlikely the idea will receive any support from the American government.  In an interview with CNN, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano was asked if Legalization was a realistic option.  She responded with a blunt “No, it is not.”  However controversial the solutions may be, it is apparent that something must be done to decrease the power and funding of these drug cartels that induce corruption and murder thousands of civilians.
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