Mexico’s drug wars a serious threat to U.S.

Moreover, although the United States is pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into Mexico to combat drug cartels, the results are disappointing. As Gen. McCaffrey noted, “The struggle for power among drug cartels has resulted in chaos in Mexico and in cities along the U.S.-Mexico border. Drug-related assassinations and kidnappings are now commonplace occurrences throughout the country,” and cross-border violence extends to nearly 300 U.S. cities including Las Vegas, where a 6-year-old boy was kidnapped last October in a drug deal gone bad. Northern Nevada is almost certainly in the cartels’ gunsights as they search for new territory to conquer, and they are probably recruiting well-armed gang bangers in Reno and Carson City. (Nevada Appeal)