Generally these are not totally random kidnappings. Almost invariably, when the truth comes out, the kidnappee was connected to someone in the Mexican drug trade. A brother, a father, husband, etc. The real story is in who was she related to and what is their role in the cartels? And not contacting the Mexican officials may well have saved her life. They are that corrupt and on this side we have no way to know. Erring on the side of caution is probably the right approach.
Sure, you are correct...
The problem I have is that our citizens who live in these areas are not being given the protection they need, and yet the government is more inclined to wash their hands of the damn issue and “caution” those very same citizens to restrict their own movements and lifestyles because of the danger from foriegn criminal activities...
Not only do I have a problem with this tactic, there needs to be some heads rolling in the dirt because of the ineptness of the Federal government...And if they cannot handle the problem at hand, then the states have every right and duty to take back those powers delegated to the Federal government and implement measures to reduce or completely eliminate the problem in their states AS THEY SEE FIT!!!
The Texas State Legislature is going to be busier than a one-legged man in a butt kicking contest this next January...I just hope we make it till then...And if we do not keep a conservative majority in the state house, we can forget about any of this being addressed, much less resolved...