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Feb
18
This may be the story that most affects American national security in the coming years that we aren’t paying attention to at this time but is most influenced by things that we do every day in the United States.
Drug cartels and the Mexican military are battling each other for control over the country. Recently, a huge gun battle broke out between the Mexican government and drug gangs in Reynosa.
If the world’s economy continues to decline and the cartels continue to gain power and territory, we will have to worry about Mexico’s fall to criminal and revolutionary forces.
Video: Mexican Troops and Drug Cartel Forces Battle in Border Town
Video: Mexico’s Drug Cartel Violence has Spread into Parts of US
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2 Responses to “We’re Not Paying Enough Attention To Mexico’s Border Battle”
It is so easy to be complacent. Even in the midst of a ‘depression’ we still drive around town, sipping our paper cups of coffee. We take luxuries like electricity, clean water and the ability to buy food or pretty much anything else we could possibly need 24/7 just by running to our corner store for granted. (I can practically see a Kroger, a CVS and three gas stations from my front step.) We are not scared to walk across the street to retrieve our mail or drive a few hours to see our family. It is easy to forget how lucky we are and how easily it could all slip away.
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Hi Traci,
It’s one of those things that we don’t think about until something bad happens. Unfortunately, the violence is threatening to destabilize our neighbor to the south and is spilling into our country.