Last Sunday in Polomas, Mexico just across the border from Columbus, New Mexico there were several human heads placed in the town plaza for residents to see on their way to church. Palomas is a small town that was completely safe to travel to for medical and dental care, to eat out, or just to play tourist just two years ago. The cartel war has touched every area of Mexico and cartels control border areas. This did not happen overnight, it began slowly and as authorities did not respond effectively the cartels became bolder until now the government has lost control of the country and the cartels control increasingly larger areas of Mexico.
The cartels are now getting bolder on this side of the border and already effectively have control of a few small areas in the United States. Our authorities are not dealing effectively with their actions and cartels will take control of more and more areas of the border and key drug shipment cities. Whether we choose to believe it or not, we will end up like Mexico if we do not put a stop to it before it is too late.
This is so scary. Years ago when I was in college, we took a field trip to Columbus (the class was studying Pancho Villa). We walked across the border into Palomas and had a beer at a little place there. It was a sleepy, tiny town. I really hate what is happening. Plus, I have family in NM and I worry about them.
The cartels have been getting progressively bolder because the Mexican government has allowed that to happen. And dc doesn’t seem to have any concern because it doesn’t affect them.
It will take a situation where someone “important” gets hurt or killed until they will actually do something to protect our southern border.