Mexican Drug Cartel Issue Analysis

While the United States must take action against Mexican drug cartels, the solution must come from Mexico because the U.S has to ensure its own safety, Mexico has to regain stability, and the heart of drug trafficking operations is the land of Mexico. Mexico has become the focus of a great deal of attention in the United States in the early twenty-first century, primarily due to two major issues. One concern is the issue of illegal immigration and the building of a fence from Texas to California to limit this immigration. The second major concern is violence related to drug trafficking in Mexico, which has cost the lives of as many as 130,000 people between December 2006 to December 2013. (Goodwin) This violence is being initiated by members …show more content…
United States intervention should not remain a possibility to curtail Mexican drug cartels, at least not as much effort being inputted today. The U.S has long been the biggest target for the Mexican drug trade. A contorted effort between the U.S and Mexican governments would ideally defeat drug cartels, the fact reminds that the U.S is fighting the cartels, the fact reminds that the U.S is fighting the cartels unilaterally. (Auerbach) While the government has been working for decades to combat Mexican drug smuggling using local, state, and federal law enforcement, it simply cannot rely on the Mexican government to do the same, in this effort the Mexican government must stand up and combat the drug cartels themselves. However evidence shows that the Mexican government may remain paralyzed in its effort to defeat the cartels within its own borders. The stability of Mexico is essential to the homeland security interests of the U.S which leads to the argument that the American government should therefore do everything in its power to protect its border communities from falling victim to drug related violence and crime originating from Mexico. To be sure, the Mexican drug trade which predates that of Columbia was born of demand from …show more content…
The Mexican government must deliver its own comprehensive and effective solution for combating its drug cartels. If the U.S intervenes too much for them the crisis will pick back up where it left off as soon as foreign support is withdrawn. While it is important that the U.S does what it can to assist Mexico in resolving the problem, the U.S does not have the best track record for hands on intervention in the war on drugs in latin america. This region is the world’s largest exporter of cocaine and cannabis and the violence perpetrated by Mexican drug cartels is affecting the U.S, and cannot be ignored. The growing problem, and the inability of law enforcement to bring it under control, has been devastating for the people of Mexico they no longer feel safe in their own homes, and are being driven out of their communities. While it is important that the U.S does what it can to assist Mexico in resolving the problem, and also to protect its own citizens, a true solution to this ongoing crisis must ultimately come from Mexico itself.