DRUG CARTEL

It is a known fact that many Mexican politicians have links to Mexican
drug cartels. This also is true of Mexican army officers and police
officials.

Mexico is now a de facto narco-state and no longer exists as a
sovereign country. Inasmuch as the drug cartels have extended their
tentacles into the United States (Phoenix, Atlanta, and other U.S.
cities have documented cases of Mexican cartel-related crime), it is
likely that in the future the U.S. will have to sever ties with
Mexico, unless the U.S. wants to deal with Mexican politicians who are
nothing but "front men" for drug lords. Mexico has a culture of
corruption that rewards dishonesty and its pervasive criminal element
would love nothing better than to infiltrate the United States and it
has financial wherewithal to do it.

Could there be employees of the city of El Paso or city
representatives with ties to Mexican drug cartels?

If we deny the very real possibility of this and treat it as a joke,
the joke may very well be on us!

Pete Porter

West El Paso